Sefi Atta
Nigerian author and playwright · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1964 · age 62
Sefi Atta is a Nigerian-American novelist, short-story writer, playwright and screenwriter. Her books have been translated into many languages, her radio plays have been broadcast by the BBC, and her stage plays have been performed internationally.
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Awards she has received include the 2006 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa and the 2009 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.
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Nnedi OkoraforBoth received Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa
Werewere LikingBoth received Noma Award for Publishing in Africa
Binyavanga WainainaBoth received Caine Prize
Namwali SerpellBoth received Caine Prize
Lebogang MashileBoth received Noma Award for Publishing in AfricaAdaobi Tricia NwaubaniBoth received Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa