# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/monica-arac-de-nyeko
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:01:04.470Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/monica-arac-de-nyeko"
name: "Monica Arac de Nyeko"
slug: "monica-arac-de-nyeko"
description: "Monica Arac de Nyeko is a Ugandan writer of short fiction, poetry, and essays, living in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2007, she became the first Ugandan to win the Caine Prize for African Writing, with her story \"Jambula Tree\". She had previously been shortlisted for the prize in 2004 for \"Strange Fruit\", a story about child soldiers in Gulu, Northern Uganda. She is a member of FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers Association and the chief editor of T:AP Voices. She taught literature and English at St. Mary's College Kisubi, before proceeding to pursue a master's degree in Humanitarian Assistance at the University of Groningen. Her personal essay \"In the Stars\" won first prize in the Women's World, Women in War Zones essay writing competition. She has been published in Memories of Sun, The Nation, IS magazine, Poetry International and several other publications. She was one of the writers chosen as part of the Africa39 project unveiled by Rainbow, Hay Festival and Bloomsbury Publishing at the London Book Fair 2014, featuring a list of 39 of Sub-Saharan Africa's most promising writers under the age of 40."
tagline: "Ugandan writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monica_Arac_de_Nyeko_01.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1979"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.846715328467154
  historical:           11.606336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm10318996"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump