Uwem Akpan

Uwem Akpan ( born May 19, 1971 in Ikot Akpan Eda, then Cross River State, today Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria ) is a Nigerian writer and priest.

Life

Akpan was born in a small village in southeastern Nigeria as a child of teachers. He grew up with his three brothers in the languages ​​English and Annang. In 1990, he joined the Jesuits and was ordained a priest in 1993. At the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan became 'Master of Fine Arts ( MFA) in 2003 acquired from specialist Creative Writing and sat at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska continued his theological studies. His first book, a collection of five stories from five different African countries was published in 2008 and entitled Say you're one of them.

Akpam is currently working as a priest at Christ the King Church in Itasama, Lagos, Nigeria.

Awards and Honors

  • 2008: Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book, African Region.
  • 2009: PEN / Open Book Award 2009.

Publications

  • 2008: Say you're One of Them, Little, Brown, New York City, USA 2012: German by Bernhard Robben: Say that you are, Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-518-42286-1 one of them.
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