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Akwaeke Emezi

Nigerian writer and video artist · Nigeria · Writers · Born 1987 · age 39

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Akwaeke Emezi is a Nigerian fiction writer and visual artist, best known for their novels Freshwater (2018), Pet, and the New York Times bestselling work The Death of Vivek Oji. Emezi is a generalist who writes speculative fiction, romance, memoir, and poetry for both young adults and adults with mostly LGBTQ themes.

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2024“She had tried explaining it so many times, but he was hung up on the woman she used to be, and she was disappointed in the man he still was.”In their words(Chapter 1, Page 13)

“maybe coming here was just going to layer more things onto him and make him so heavy that he would fold, crash under new and unexpected skins.”In their words(Chapter 7, Page 98)

2022“Feyi had already decided who she wanted to be that night, so she stared right back at him, unabashed, drinking in his terra-cotta skin and dark copper beard.”In their wordsYou Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty(2022)

“I think we’re just figuring out how to survive a world on fire…that it’s okay to be alive.”In their wordsYou Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty(2022)

“He raised his head as Bitter emerged from the office, and his face broke into a huge smile.”In their wordsBitter(2022)

“You are allowed to feel safe, " Miss Virtue said. Bitter blinked, the tears heated her eyes because the words were so simple, yet so heavy with permission.”In their wordsBitter(2022)

2019Nommo Novel AwardAwardOtherwise AwardAward1987Born6 June 1987

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  1. She had tried explaining it so many times, but he was hung up on the woman she used to be, and she was disappointed in the man he still was.

    2024, (Chapter 1, Page 13), Own words

  2. Maybe she should have known that if he didn’t love God the way she did, then he couldn’t have been the real answer to her prayers.

    2024, (Chapter 1, Page 16), Own words

  3. maybe coming here was just going to layer more things onto him and make him so heavy that he would fold, crash under new and unexpected skins.

    2024, (Chapter 7, Page 98), Own words

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Awards

Otherwise Award2019
Nommo Novel Award2019

About this person

Akwaeke Emezi is a Nigerian fiction writer and visual artist, best known for their novels Freshwater (2018), Pet, and the New York Times bestselling work The Death of Vivek Oji. Emezi is a generalist who writes speculative fiction, romance, memoir, and poetry for both young adults and adults with mostly LGBTQ themes. Their work has earned them several awards and nominations including the Otherwise Award and Commonwealth Short Story Prize. In 2021, Time featured them as a Next Generation Leader.

Country
Nigeria
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1987 · age 39

In common with Akwaeke

Theodore RoszakBoth received Otherwise AwardFumi YoshinagaBoth received Otherwise AwardTochi OnyebuchiBoth received Nommo Novel AwardElizabeth HandBoth received Otherwise AwardMatt RuffBoth received Otherwise AwardCatherynne M. ValenteBoth received Otherwise Award

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