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Pemi Aguda
Born
Nigeria
CitizenshipNigerian
EducationUniversity of Michigan MFA
Known forGhostroots
AwardsWritivism Short Story Prize O'Henry Prize
Websitehttps://pemiaguda.com/

'Pemi Aguda is a Nigerian writer. Her first book, Ghostroots, was longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction.[1] She received an O'Henry Prize in 2022[2] for her short story "Breastmilk" and a second in 2023 for "The Hollow."[3] "Breastmilk" was also shortlisted for the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing[4]. Her novel-in-progress, The Suicide Mothers, won the 2020 Deborah Rogers Foundation Award.[5][6][7]

Early life and career

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'Pemi Aguda is from Lagos, Nigeria, where she used to work in architecture. In 2015, she won Writivism Short Story Prize and became the recipient of the first Writivism Stellenbosch University writing residency.[8][9] She holds an MFA in fiction from the University of Michigan's Helen Zell Writers' Program, where she won a Henfield Prize, a Tyson Prize, and several Hopwood Awards.[10]

Her work has been supported by an Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship, a Juniper Summer Workshop scholarship, and an Aspen Words Emerging Writer Fellowship.[11] A graduate of the 2019 Clarion Workshop, she was a 2021 Miami Book Fair Fiction Fellow [12]and a 2022 MacDowell Fellow in Literature.[13] She is currently the Hortense Spillers Assistant Editor at Transition Magazine.[14]

In September 2024, 'Pemi Aguda's debut collection Ghostroots was longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction.[15]

Works

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Books

  • Aguda, 'Pemi (2024). Ghostroots. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-1-324-06585-2

Anthologies

  • These Words Expose Us
  • Lagos Noir

References

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  1. ^ Andrews, Meredith (13 September 2024). "2024 National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Announcing the Winners of the 2022 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction". Literary Hub. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  3. ^ Groff, Lauren (24 April 2023). "Announcing the Winners of the 2023 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction". Literary Hub. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  4. ^ "The Caine Prize for African Writing announces its 2024 Shortlist". The Caine Prize for African Writing. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Pemi Aguda Wins 2020 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award". 18 May 2020.
  6. ^ Murua, James (12 May 2020). "Pemi Aguda wins UK's Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award 2020". Writing Africa.
  7. ^ "Home". deborahrogersfoundation.org.
  8. ^ Miscellaneous (15 July 2015). "Interview - Pemi Aguda - Winner of the 2015 Writivism Short Story Competition". Brittle Paper. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  9. ^ Murua, James (31 March 2016). "Pemi Aguda is first Writivism Stellenbosch University writing residency recipient". Writing Africa. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  10. ^ "About". 'Pemi Aguda. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  11. ^ Corea, Nicole (27 February 2020). "Announcing the 2020 Class of Emerging Writer Fellows". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Emerging Writer Fellowships / 2021 Fellows". Miami Book Fair. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Pemi Aguda - MacDowell Fellow in Literature". MacDowell. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  14. ^ "'Pemi Aguda, Keith Jones, and Enzo Silon Surin | Brookline Booksmith". brooklinebooksmith.com. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  15. ^ "The 2024 National Book Awards Longlist". The New Yorker. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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