E. C. Osondu

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E. C. Osondu is a Nigerian writer known for his short stories. His story Waiting won the 2009 Caine Prize for African Writing,[1] for which he had been a finalist in 2007 with his story Jimmy Carter's Eyes.[2][3] Osondu had previously won the Allen and Nirelle Galso Prize for Fiction[4] and his story A Letter from Home was judged one of "The Top Ten Stories on the Internet" in 2006[by whom?].[citation needed]

Osondu's writing has been published in Agni,[5] Guernica,[6] Vice,[7] Fiction,[citation needed] and The Atlantic.[8] His debut collection of short stories, Voice of America, was published in 2010.[9]

Biography[]

Epaphras Chukwuenweniwe Osondu was born in Nigeria, where he worked as an advertising copywriter for many years. He received an M.F.A in creative writing from Syracuse University in 2007.[10] He has taught at Providence College since 2008, where he is an Associate Professor of English,[11] teaching courses in Creative Writing, Introduction to Literature, and the Development of Western Civilization.[citation needed]

Waiting, published in October 2008 by Guernica, describes life in a refugee camp from a child's point of view. Meakin Armstrong, the magazine's fiction editor, noted that "it isn't pretentious nor rife with literary trickery. It's simply a well-told story about a kind of life most of us couldn't even begin to imagine."[12] In addition to the £10,000 cash award, the Caine Prize also brought Osondu a month's residency at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Osondu's Voice of America is included in Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing (2009).

Osondu sits on the pan-African literary initiative, Writivism's Board of Trustees, with fellow writers Zukiswa Wanner, Chika Unigwe, NoViolet Bulawayo, Nii Parkes and Lizzy Attree.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ "Previous Winners". The Caine Prize for African Writing. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  2. ^ Alison Flood, "EC Osondu takes £10,000 'African Booker'", The Guardian, 7 July 2009.
  3. ^ Iwunze-Ibiam, Chioma (2017-04-01). "E.C Osondu Now Contributing Editor Of AGNI". Creative Writing News. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  4. ^ "EC Osondu". Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice. 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  5. ^ Osofisan, Sola (2016-08-22). "E.C. Osondu: A Writer must come to the blank page with humility". AfricanWriter.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  6. ^ Osondu, E. C. (2008-10-01). "Waiting". Guernica. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  7. ^ "Osondu Wins BOA Prize". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  8. ^ LaFrance, Adrienne (2020-01-14). "Let's All Read More Fiction". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  9. ^ Gappah, Petina (2011-01-16). "Voice of America by EC Osondu - book review". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  10. ^ "E.C. Osondu G'07 Returns to Syracuse for Carver Reading Series March 25". SU News. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  11. ^ "Epaphras Osondu". The English Department at Providence College. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  12. ^ Meakin Armstrong, "Guernica/E. C. Osondu/Clifford Garstang", Five Star Literary Stories.

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