Chinelo Okparanta
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Chinelo Okparanta is a Nigerian-American novelist and short-story writer. She was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where she was raised until the age of 10, when she immigrated to the United States with her family. She grew up as a Jehovah’s Witness, and in 2012 she was spotlighted as one of Granta’s New Voices.
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Haruki MurakamiAlso won Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
Anthony DoerrAlso won Young Lions Fiction Award
Kevin BarryAlso won Dublin Literary Award
Carmen Maria MachadoAlso won Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction
Ayobami AdebayoAlso won Etisalat Prize for Literature
Judy PaceAlso won NAACP Image AwardsAbout this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1981 · age 45
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9 languages
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