Yaa Gyasi

Yaa Gyasi(wɔwoo no wɔ afe apem ahankron ne aduowɔtwe nkron) yɛ Ghana-Americani a ɔtwerɛ nnwoma. Ne nnwoma a ɔdikan twerɛɛ ne Homegoing a ɔdaa no adi maa amansan hunuuiɛ wɔ mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne du nsia mu, ɔdii mfeɛ aduonu nsia no ɔnyaa National Book Critics Circle John Leonard abasobɔdeɛ wɔ ne nnwoma a ɛdikan a ɔtwerɛɛ nom, PEN/Hemingway abasobɔdeɛ wɔ ne nnwoma a ɔtwerɛɛ a na ɛyɛ bɛserɛmka, National Book Foundation "5 under 35" animuonyamhyɛ wɔ mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne du nsia ne America nnwoma abasobɔdeɛ. Wɔ n'abasobɔdeɛ mu no ɔnyaa Vilcek akyɛdeɛ ɛnam  sɛdeɛ ɔsi bɔ ne tirim yɛ nnoɔma wɔ kasadwini wɔ mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne aduonu mu.https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/yaa-gyasi/

 Abrabɔ ahyɛaseɛ ne nnwomasua 
Wɔwoo no wɔ Mampong a ɛwɔ Ghana,https://www.wsj.com/articles/homegoing-by-yaa-gyasi-born-in-ghana-and-raised-in-the-u-s-1464273302 ne papa ne Kwaku Gyasi, French kunini wɔ University of Alabama a ɛwɔ Huntsville ne Sophia a ɔyɛ nɛɛse.http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/08/how_an_alabama_womans_debut_no.html N'abusua no kɔɔ United States wɔ afe apem ahankron ne aduokron baako berɛ a ne papa rebɛwie ne Ph.D wɔ Ohio State University. N'abusua no sane tenaa IIinois ne Tennessee ɛna ɔdii mfeɛ du no, wɔtetee Gyasi wɔ Huntsville, Alabama.

Gyasi kae sɛ berɛ a na ɔsua no na ɔfɛre adeɛ,ɔbɛn ne nua mmarima ma wɔne no kyɛ adesuadeɛ a woanya wɔ berɛ a wɔnnyini wɔ asraadɔmkuo nom wɔ Alabama, ɛna na ɔtwe bɛn nnwoma sɛ ne nnamfofoɔ. Wɔmaa ne adesua nkrataa a LeVar Burton atintim so de hyɛɛ no nkuran wɔ nnwoma a ɔdiikan twerɛɛ,  a ɔdekɔɔ Readin Rainbow Young Writers ne Illustrators Contest. Ɔdii mfeɛ du nson wɔ berɛ a ɔkɔ Grisson ntoasoɔ sukuu no, aberɛ Gyasi kann Toni Morrison Solomon nnwom  ɛkenyaa no sɛ ɔde atwerɛ bɛyɛ n'adwuma.

Ɔnyaa ne Bachelor of Arts wɔ English mu wɔ Stanford University, ne Masters of Fine Arts firii Lowa Writers Workshop,   adesuadeɛ a wɔbɔ wɔn tirim twerɛ adeɛ wɔ University of Lowa.http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/How-Yaa-Gyasi-found-her-story-in-slavers-8329849.php 

 Nnwuma 
Ankyɛ aberɛ a ɔwie Stanford no,  ɔhyɛɛ ne nnwoma atwerɛɛ ase na ɔyɛɛ adwuma wɔ dwumakuo bi a ɛwɔ San Francisco, nanso n'ani annye wɔ adwuma nom ɛna ɔgyae berɛ a Lowa gyee no wɔ mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne du mmienu mu.

Ne nnwoma a ɛdikan a ɔtwerɛɛ a ɛyɛ Homegoing ne kenyaa no berɛ a na ɔyɛ abɔfra a na wɔrekɔ nsrahwɛ wɔ Ghana nea ɛdikan wɔ mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne nkron. Wɔwiee nwoma no mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne du num berɛ wɔn a wɔde nnwoma no to dwa kann wieeɛ no, a nnipa pii pɛɛ sɛ ɔbɛboa no ansana ɔregye  nnoɔma nson bi ato hɔ ansa afiri Knopf hɔ. Ta-Neshisi coates yii Homegoing maa National Book Foundation, The PEN/Hemingway abasobɔdeɛ wɔ nnwoma a ɛdikan a ɛdimu, ne America nnwoma abasobɔdeɛ wɔ ɔkwan ahodoɔ a ɔfaa so boaa America kasadwini mu.https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/books/review/100-notable-books-of-2016.html

Ne ntwereɛ nso apii wɔ saa  beaɛ ɔdaa no adi no sɛ African American Review,https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/26054 Callaloo, Guenica https://www.guernicamag.com/inscape/ The Guardian,https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/28/yaa-gyasi-my-writing-day ne Granta.https://granta.com/leaving-gotham-city/

Gyasi hwɛɛ Toni Morrison (Song of Solomon), Gabriel Garcia Marquez(one thousand years of Solitude), James Baldwin(Go Tell It on the Mountain),Edward P. Jones(Lost in the city)  ne Jhumpa Lahiri(Unaccustomef Earth) sɛ nkuranhyɛsɛm.

Bɛyɛ mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne du nsia mu no, Ghana tenaa wɔ Berkeley, California.

Wɔ ɔbɛnem bosome wɔ mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne aduonu baako mu no, ɔtwerɛɛ krataa wɔ "this question of 'the Business of reading', wɔ sɛdeɛ yɛsi kan,nea ntira a yɛkan ne sɛdeɛ akenkan si kɔ no anaa sɛ yɛ ma yɛn" Ɔtwerɛɛ, "Berɛ a meretu me ho adi hɔ agye tumi a ɛwɔ kasadwini adi sɛ mɛgye ho akyinnyeɛ, ama emu adɔ, mɛsesa, mesane nim sɛ woretɔn nnwoma afiri abibifoɔ atwerɛfoɔ hɔ no nni nyinasoɔ biara, a ɛde nsunsuansoɔ bɔne ba akyire wɔ nnoɔma a yɛhu ne nea yɛnhunu a ɛha tete no"https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/20/white-people-black-authors-are-not-your-medicine



 Nnwuma 

 Homegoing (mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne du nsia(2016)
 Transcendent Kingdom (mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne aduonu (2020)

 Abasobɔdeɛ 

 National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard abasobɔdeɛ ma nnwoma a ɛdikan a ɛdi mu.
 PEN/Hemingway abasobɔdeɛ ma nnwoma a ɛdikan a ɛyɛ bɛserɛmka.https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/interview-yaa-gyasi-2017-penhemingway-award-winner
 2016: National Book Foundation's "5 under 35
 America nnwoma abasobɔdeɛ.
 2017: Granta Best of Young American Novelists.https://www.thebookseller.com/news/granta-best-542896
 2020: Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature, Vilcek Foundation.
 2021: Women's Prize for Fiction, shortlisted for Transcendent Kingdom.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/28/womens-prize-for-fiction-shortlist-susanna-clarke-yaa-gyasi-patricia-lockwood

 Beaɛ a menyaa mmoa firiiɛ. 

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