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Author: Irenosen Okojie

Irenosen Okojie is a British Nigerian author based in East London. Her writing has featured in The Guardian, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Observer, the BBC and many others. Okojie won a Betty Trask Award for her spectacular debut novel, Butterfly Fish (Jacaranda Books), and her 2016 short story collection, Speak Gigantular (Jacaranda Books), was shortlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, the Saboteur Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award and the Jhalak Prize. She has just been shortlisted for the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story, ‘Grace Jones', which is taken from her latest acclaimed collection Nudibranch (Dialogue Books). Okojie is currently writing her second novel and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Follow her on Twitter @IrenosenOkojie

‘Three Wise Women’ by Irenosen Okojie

25th May 202022nd October 2020  Irenosen Okojie

In her latest work of creative non-fiction, award-winning author Irenosen Okojie explores the rich legacy of hope and life handed down through her mother and grandmother. In hauntingly beautiful prose, Okojie reflects on how past events can offer light and healing in present times of difficulty.

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Posted in Arts, Books, Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: Butterfly Fish, Caine Prize for African Writing, creative non-fiction, Dialogue Books, Elitsa Dermendzhiyska, essay, Irenosen Okojie, Jacaranda Books, Nudibranch, Short Stories, Speak Gigantular, Three Wise Women, Unbound
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