Chika Unigwe

A Chika Nina Unigwe ( sẽn dog sigr kiuug rasem 12 yʋʋm 1974 soabã) yaa Nigerian sẽn dog ne Igbo gʋlsdhttps://web.archive.org/web/20101129230214/http://users.skynet.be/chikaunigwe/en_main.html sẽn gʋlsd ne English la ne Dutch. Yʋʋmd 2014 tʋʋl-nif kiuugã, b yãka-a-la Hay Festival sẽn boond tɩ Africa39 wã pʋgẽ, n yãk Sub-Saharan African gʋlsdb 39 sẽn pa ta yʋʋm 40 sẽn tar minim la minim n na n wilg Afrika sɛb nins sẽn watã.https://www.hayfestival.com/artistlist-u-x.aspxhttps://africa39blog.wordpress.com/2014/04/10/africa39-list-of-authors/ A sẽn da be Belgium wã, a vɩɩ United States.https://www.chikaunigwe.com/biography.html

 A vɩɩmã 
Chika Unigwe roga yʋʋmd 1974 Enugu, Nigeria, n yaa a roagdbã kamb a yopoe sʋka a yoob soaba. A kẽnga karẽn-bi-bõoneg lekoll a Federal Government Girls' college sẽn be Abuja la a paama karẽn-bi-bõoneg karẽn-bi-bõoneg sull a ye University of Nigeria, Nsukka yʋʋmd 1995. Yʋʋmd 1996, a paama MA ne ãngilind buud-goam KU Leuven (KUL, the Catholic University of Leuven).http://www.cerep.ulg.ac.be/unigwe/cuintro.htmlA paama Ph.D. ne sɛbgo (2004) University of Leiden sẽn be Netherlands wã. A pipi sebr ning a sẽn gʋlsã yaa a De Feniks, a sẽn yiis yʋʋmd 2005 wã, a Meulenhoff la a Manteau ( sẽn be Amsterdam la Antwerp) n yiis-a.https://web.archive.org/web/20200727205957/http://igbonews.co.uk/Unigwe_wins_-100-000_LNG_liter/unigwe_wins_-100-000_lng_literary_prize.html A leb n yaa kamb sɛb a yiib gʋlsda, Macmillan sẽn yi London.https://www.litro.co.uk/2012/02/chika-unigwe-saving-agus-wife/

A gʋlsa sɛb sẽn kẽed ne karẽn-bi-bõonese, zʋrnall dãmba la zʋrnall-dãmb kẽere, wala a Wasafiri (University of London), Moving Worlds (University of Leeds), Per Contra, Voices of the University of Wisconsin la Okike of the University of Nigeria.https://www.channelstv.com/2012/11/01/unigwe-wins-nlng-prize-for-literature/

A paama yʋʋm 2003 BBC Kibar kɩdg kʋdemdãhttps://businessday.ng/style-luxury/article/chika-unigwe-on-winning-the-nigerian-prize-for-literature/ la Commonwealth Kibar kɩdg kʋdemdã kũun.https://web.archive.org/web/20200817192548/https://www.africabookclub.com/an-interview-with-afro-belgian-writer-chika-unigwe/ Yʋʋmd 2004 wã, a paama kũun ning b sẽn boond tɩ Caine Prize for African Writing wã.https://web.archive.org/web/20160904034222/http://caineprize.com/notable-entries Yʋʋmd kãng pʋgẽ, a kibarã kẽe sõor 10 sẽn yaa sõma n yɩɩd Million Writers Award wã pʋgẽ.https://web.archive.org/web/20200727205735/https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/8-nigerian-authors-who-made-a-mark-in-2016.html Yʋʋmd 2005, a paama kũun a tãab-n-soab Equiano Fiction Contest pʋgẽ.https://refinedng.com/chika-unigwe/

A pipi sebr ning a sẽn gʋlse, sẽn boond t'a De Feniks, paama vɛrse ne Olandi sigr kiuug yʋʋm 2005 soabã, la yaa sebr ning sẽn yɩ pipi vɛrse sẽn gʋlse, sẽn yaa vɛrse a ye sẽn gʋlse.http://lifeandtimesmagazine.com/home/chika-unigwe-exploring-the-depths-of-the-human-condition/ A yiib-n-soaba, Fata Morgana, paama vɛrse ne Oland buud-gomd yʋʋmd 2008 wã, la rẽ poore, b yiisa ne ãngilind gom-bil ning sẽn yaa On Black Sisters' Street.https://web.archive.org/web/20200727204947/https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nlng-shortlist-what-you-should-know-about-the-authors.html A sẽn boond tɩ On Black Sisters' Street wã gomda Afirik pʋg-yoodb sẽn vɩ la b tʋmd Belgium yelle. A paama yʋʋm 2012 Nigeriya sɛb kũun a sẽn kõ sɛb wɛɛngẽ;https://www.flowtechenergy.com/news/industry-news/nlng-prize-for-literature-stokes-on-black-sisters-street/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/from-nlngs-treasury-chika-unigwe-wins-100000-nig-prize-for-literature/ a paama ligd sẽn ta doolaar 100 000 la a yaa Afirik sɛb kũun sẽn yɩɩd fãa.http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/11/01/chika-unigwe-wins-nigeria-prize-for-literature/https://web.archive.org/web/20150529051412/http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news_01/news_item.asp?News_01ID=291

Sẽn paase, yʋʋm 2012 soabã pʋgẽ, Zukiswa Wanner sẽn be The Guardian pʋgẽ wã wilgame t'a Unigwe yaa " Afirik seb-gʋlsdb a nu sẽn yaa sõma".https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/sep/06/top-african-writers-zukiswa-wanner Sẽn paase, yʋʋm 2012 wã, a tõoga a Olushola Olugbesan ne a Ngozi Achebe ne a Onaedo: The Blacksmith's Daughter n paam ligd sẽn ta doolaar 100 000 Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature, n lebg a yiib-n-soab ning sẽn gʋlsd sɛb n paam kũunã. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/i-come-from-a-catholic-home-where-sex-wasnt-a-word-chika-unigwe/

A kẽnga Adelaide kibsã sẽn zĩnd Ostrali yʋʋmd 2013 wã, la yaa pipi wakat la a seg Aborize rãmb naab a ye. A sũur yɩɩ noog wʋsg ne Aborigin rãmbã kibar sẽn be Ostrali wã, t'a gʋls sõsg sẽn yaa: "Bũmb ning m sẽn tagsdã... sugr la maagrã".https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/mar/10/adelaide-festival-chika-unigwe

A Unigwe bee Afirikã fãa sɛb taoor lʋɩtb sullẽ wã, a Writivism,https://writivism.org/2013/12/02/announcing-the-writivism-board-of-trustees/ la a lugla Awele Creative Trust Nigeriya sẽn na n sõng kom-bɩɩs sɛbdbã.http://thisisafrica.me/lifestyle/caines-legitimacy-comes-work/ 24 Yʋʋmd 2014 tʋʋl-nif kiuugã, b yãka-a t'a kẽ festivɛl ning sẽn boond t'a Africa39 wã pʋgẽ, n yãk Afirik tẽn-kɩremsã gʋlsdb 39 sẽn pa ta yʋʋm 40 sẽn tar minim la minim n na n wilg sẽn na n yɩ to-to Afirikã pʋgẽ.https://calendar.uga.edu/event/author_chika_unigwe_to_read_at_uga

Yʋʋmd 2014 wã, University of Tübingen wã saka a Unigwe ne a tʋmd-n-taas a Taiye Selasi, a Priya Basil la a Nii Ayikwei Parkes tɩ b kẽng yʋʋmdã gʋlsdb karengã. Yʋʋmd kãng me, a yiisa Zwarte Messias, sebr a ye sẽn gomd a Olaudah Equiano yelle.https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/afropolitan-literature-comes-to-tuebingen-university/

Yʋʋmd 2016, b yãka a Unigwe t'a yɩ Bonderman Professor of Creative Writing Brown University sẽn be Providence, Rhode Island.https://brittlepaper.com/2016/05/chika-unigwe-heads-brown-university-bonderman-professor-creative-writing/ A roman ning a sẽn boond t'a Night Dancer (sẽn yi yʋʋmd 2012) me paama NLNG Nigeria sɛb kũunã ; http://www.nlng.com/Media-Center/Lists/Press%20Releases/DispForm.aspx?ID=18&RootFolder=%2FMedia%2DCenter%2FLists%2FPress%20Releases&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Enlng%2Ecom%2FMedia%2DCenter%2FPages%2FPress%2DRelease%2Easpx a sẽn paam-a wã yaa a Abubakar Adam Ibrahim.http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/2016-winner-100000-nigeria-prize-literature-emerges/

A leb n yɩɩ Man Booker International bʋ-kaood yʋʋmd kãnga.https://web.archive.org/web/20230402125415/https://www.jamesmurua.com/chika-unigwe-man-booker-international-prize-2017-judge/ Yʋʋmd 2017 wã, a yɩɩ karen-saamb sẽn be Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, la a zĩnda be hal tɩ ta yʋʋmd 2019.https://web.archive.org/web/20221203083611/https://www.anpa.org/writer-chika-unigwe-is-anpa-featured-speaker-tackles-sex-trafficking/

Yʋʋmd 2019 wã, Cassava Republic Press sẽn be Abuja la Lɔndr yiisa sebr a ye sẽn yaa kɩbay sẽn yaa kɩbay sẽn gomd Nigeriya ned sẽn yi Beljik yelle.https://cassavarepublic.biz/product/better-never-than-late/https://www.flandersliterature.be/books-and-authors/book/better-never-than-late Yʋʋmd kãng pʋgẽ, a tʋma tʋʋmd a ye n naan yiis sebr ning sẽn boond tɩ New Daughters of Africa. Yaa pagb sẽn yɩɩd 200 sẽn yit Afirik la Afirik tẽn-zẽmsã sẽn gʋls sõss la sɛb n tigim-a, t'a Margaret Busby, sẽn yaa Afirik kom-pugli wã (Daughters of Africa) tigim-n-taag me, mak-a ne "b sẽn baood n na n yõg kʋɩlg sẽn kẽed ne kalbas".

Yʋʋmd 2020 wã, a Unigwe sõngame tɩ b yiis sebr ning sẽn yaa "The middle of a sentence: short prose anthology" ne "Two Happy Meals". Sebr ning b sẽn boond tɩ Common Breath Short Prose Anthology wã yaa kɩbay kɩbay sẽn yaa kɩdg n yɩɩdã kibs sẽn tigimd seb-gʋlsdb kẽer sẽn yaa nin-kãsems rũndã-rũndã, n naag ne TCB sɛb sẽn yiisd sɛb n na n kõ-ba. Yʋʋmd kãng kiuugã, b yãka a Ungwe t'a yɩ karen-saamb Georgia College & State University wã, sẽn be Milledgeville, Georgia.

Yʋʋmd 2020 sɩpaolg kiuugã pʋgẽ, a sɩngame n gʋlsd sɛb a yiib sẽn yit Nigeria  Daily Trust.https://dailytrust.com/dreaming-big-dreams Yʋʋmd 2021 wã, b yãka a Unigwe t'a na n wa paam a Dzanc Books Diverse Voices Award.

 Ned vɩɩmã wɛɛngẽ 
A Unigwe ra vɩɩ Turhout, Belgium ne a sɩdã la a kambã a naasã.https://web.archive.org/web/20121105011011/http://users.skynet.be/chikaunigwe/en_biography.html A yiime n kẽng Etazĩni yʋʋmd 2013. https://brittlepaper.com/2013/10/strangers-others-countries-discussion-chika-unigwe-femke-van-zeijl/ A gʋlsa ne ãngilind la ne Olandi.https://jaladaafrica.org/jalada-conversations/the-jalada-conversations-no-3-chika-unigwe/

 Sãmbg sẽn ka be 
2007: Unesco-Unesco-Aschberg Fellowship for creative writinghttps://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/those-who-do-not-sit-at-the-dinner-table-are-forgotten-chika-unigwe/

2009: Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship (Bellagio Centre, Italy) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/94807/chika-unigwe

2011: HALD Fellowship (HALD Centre, Danemark)

2011 la 2016: Writing Fellowship at the Ledig House (Omi NY, USAhttps://writivism.org/2015/01/31/2015-writivism-short-story-prize-judges/

Yʋʋmd 2013: Writing Fellowing at Cove Park (Scotland) https://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2017/11/09/cove-park-literature-residencies-2018/

2014: Writer-in-Residence, Haverford College (Philadelphia PA, USA)

2014: Sylt Fellowship for African Writers]https://www.syltfoundation.com/Residencies-and-Awards/African-Writers-Residency-Award-AWRA-/

 Seb-vãad 
•	Tear Drops, Enugu: Richardson Publishers, 1993.https://web.archive.org/web/20220125210528/https://ananigeria.org/news/chika-unigwe-to-deliver-keynote-address-at-ana-funai-international-conference

•	Born in Nigeria, Enugu: Onyx Publishers, 1995.

•	A Rainbow for Dinner. Oxford: Macmillan, 2002. ISBN 978-0-333-95588-8https://www.medianigeria.com/biography-of-chika-unigwe/

•	In the Shadow of Ala; Igbo women's writing as an act of righting. Dissertation, Leiden University, 2004.

•	Thinking of Angel, 2005.

•	Dreams, 2004.

•	The Phoenix. Lagos: Farafina Publishers, 2007. ISBN 978-978-48013-6-2

•	On Black Sisters Street (translation of Fata Morgana). London: Jonathan Cape, 2009. ISBN 978-0-224-08530-4

•	Night Dancer. London: Jonathan Cape, 2012. ISBN 978-0-224-09383-5

•	Black Messiah (2014)

•	Zwart, Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, 2018. A collection of stories and essays in Dutch, collected and edited by Vamba Sherif and Ebissé Rouw. ISBN 978-90-254-5154-7. Contains a story by Unigwe: Anekdotes om rond de tafel te vertellen.

•	Better Never Than Late. Cassava Republic Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1911115540

•	The Middle Of A Sentence: Short Prose Anthology. The Common Breath, 2020. ISBN 9781916064133

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