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Sefi Atta

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Nigerian author and playwright

United StatesWritersBorn 1964 · age 62
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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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2009Noma Award for Publishing in Africa
2006Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa
Caine Prize
Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa

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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. 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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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
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living
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Born 1964 · age 62
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22 languages

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