Sefi Atta

**Sefi Atta** (an haife ta ne a watan Janairun  shekarar 1964) ita ce ta lashe kyauta marubuciya ce Ba'amurken Najeriyar, ƴar wasan kwaikwayo kuma marubuciyan allo. An fassara littattafanta zuwa yarurruka da yawa, rediyon BBC ya watsa su, kuma an buga wasannin kwaikwayo a ƙasashen duniya. Kyautar da ta samu sun haɗa da na 2006 *Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa* da kuma 2009 Noma *Award for Publishing in Africa*.

## Tarihin rayuwa
An haifi Sefi Atta a Legas, Najeriya, a cikin Janairu 1964, ga dangin 'ya'ya biyar. Mahaifinta Abdul-Aziz Atta shi ne Sakataren Gwamnatin Tarayya kuma Shugaban Ma’aikatan Gwamnati har zuwa rasuwarsa a 1972, kuma mahaifiyarta Iyabo Atta ce ta yi rainon ta.

Ta halarci Queen's College, Legas, da Makarantar Millfield a Ingila. A shekarar 1985, ta kammala karatun ta na digiri na farko a jami’ar B.A. digiri daga Jami'ar Birmingham. Ta cancanci a matsayin akawun haya a Ingila da kuma CPA a Amurka, inda ta yi ƙaura a 1994. Ta sami MFA daga Jami'ar Antioch a 2001.

Tana auren Gboyega Ransome-Kuti, wani likita, kuma dan Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, kuma suna da diya guda, Temi.

Kamfanin samar da kayan abinci na Atta da ke Legas Atta Girl na tallafawa *Care to Read*, shirin da ta kirkiro don samun kudade ga halastattun kungiyoyin agaji ta hanyar karatun karatu.

A yanzu tana raba lokacinta tsakanin Najeriya, Ingila da Amurka.

## Rubutawa
Atta ta kammala karatun shirye-shiryen kirkirar rubutu a Jami'ar Antioch a Los Angeles. Gajerun labaran ta sun bayyana a cikin mujallolin adabi kamar *The Los Angeles Review*, *Mississippi Review* da *World Literature Today*. Labarinta a kan Lagos da Najeriya sun bayyana a cikin wallafe-wallafe kamar su *Time* and *Libération*. An fassara littattafanta zuwa yare da yawa. Littafinta na farko, *Everything Good Will Come*, ya lashe *Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa.*

**Labari**

* 2005: *Everything Good Will Come*, Interlink Books, 

* 2010: *Swallow*, Interlink Books,

* 2013: *A Bit of Difference*, Interlink Books, 
* 2019: *The Bead Collector*, Interlink Books, 

Takaitattun labarai

* 2010: *News from Home*, Interlink Books,

Littattafan yara

* 2018: *Drama Queen*, Mango Books, Nigeria,

Kunna tarin

* 2019: *Sefi Atta; Selected Plays*, Interlink Books,

**Wasannin farko**

* 2005: *The Engagement*, MUSON Centre, Legas

* 2011: *The Cost of Living*, Lagos Heritage Festival

* 2011: *Hagel auf Zamfara*, Theatre Krefeld, Jamus
* 2012: *The Naming Ceremony*, New World Nigeria, Theatre Royal Stratford East, London

* 2012: *An Ordinary Legacy*, The MUSON Festival, MUSON Centre, Legas
* 2014: *Last Stand*, Terra Kulture, Legas
* 2018: *Renovation*, The Jos Festival of Theatre
* 2019: *The Death Road*, The Jos Festival of Theatre

Wasan radiyo

* 2002: *The Engagement*, BBC Radio
* 2004: *Makinwa's Miracle*, BBC Radio
* 2007: *A Free Day*, BBC Radio

**Nunin allo**

* 2009: *Leaving on Your Mind*, wasan kusa da na karshe ga American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition
* 2019: *Valid*, karshe ga WeScreenPlay Diverse Voices Lab
* 2019: *Valid*, karshe ga American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition

## Zaɓaɓɓun kyaututtuka da yabo

* 2002: Macmillan Writers Prize For Africa, jerin sunayen
* 2002: BBC African Performance, Kyauta ta 2
* 2002: Zoetrope Short Fiction Contest, Kyauta ta 3

* 2003: Red Hen Press Short Story Award, Kyauta ta 1

* 2003: *Glimmer Train*′s Very Short Fiction Award, na karshe
* 2004: BBC African Performance, Kyauta ta 2

* 2005: PEN International David TK Wong Prize, Kyauta ta 1
* 2006: Caine Prize for African Writing,  jerin sunayen
* 2006: Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa
* 2009: Noma Award for Publishing in Africa

**Marubuci Ziyarci**

* 2006: Jami'ar Kudancin Mississippi
* 2008: Jami'ar Arewa maso Yamma
* 2010: Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon

Atta ta kasance a cikin juri na 2010 *Neustadt International Prize for Literature,* kuma alkali ne na 2019 *Caine Prize for African Writing*.

Nazari mai mahimmanci game da ayyukanta, *Writing Contemporary Nigeria: How Sefi Atta Illustates African Culture and Tradition,* editan Farfesa Walter P. Collins, III, wanda Cambria Press ta buga a 2015.

## Hanyoyin haɗin waje

* Sefi Atta's website

## Nassoshi