Chinelo Okparanta

**Chinelo Okparanta,** (   (an haife ta a shekara ta 1981) marubuciyace  yar  Najeriya ce kuma yar gajeriyar labari .  An haife ta a Fatakwalt, Najeriya, inda ta tashi  har zuwa shekara 10, lokacin da ta yi hijira zuwa Amurka tare da danginta. 

An haifi Chinelo Okparanta a Port Harcourt, Najeriya, kuma tana da shekaru 10 ta yi hijira tare da danginta zuwa Amurka. Ta yi karatu a Jami'ar Jihar Pennsylvania ( Schreyer Honors College ), Jami'ar Rutgers da kuma Iowa Workshop Marubuta . 

## Sana'a
Okparanta ta wallafa gajerun labarai ne a cikin wallafe-wallafen ciki har da *Granta*,  *The New Yorker*, *Tin House*, *The Kenyon Review*, *The Southern Review*, *TriQuarterly*, *Conjunctions*, *Subtropics* da *The Coffin Factory* . Rubuce-rubucenta sun bayyana a cikin *AGNI*, Labari na Kyautar Labari, da Jami'ar Iowa, Shirin Rubuce-rubuce na Duniya .  Okparanta ta gudanar da zumunci ko ziyarar farfesa a Jami'ar Iowa, Jami'ar Colgate, Jami'ar Purdue, Kwalejin City na New York, da Jami'ar Columbia .  Ta kasance abokiyar farfesace na Turanci da Rubutun Ƙirƙira (Fiction) a Jami'ar Bucknell, inda ta kasance C. Graydon & Mary E. Rogers Faculty Research Fellow da Margaret Hollinshead Ley Farfesa a cikin Waƙa & Rubutun Ƙirƙirar har zuwa shekarar 2021. A halin yanzu ita abokiyar farfesa ce ta Ingilishi da kuma Darakta na Shiri a Rubutun Ƙirƙira a Kwalejin Swarthmore . 

Tarin ɗan gajeren labarin  halinta na farko, *Farin ciki, Kamar Ruwa* (Littattafan Grant da Houghton Miffin Harcourt ), an daɗe ana jera su don lambar yabo ta 2013 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award,  ɗan wasan ƙarshe na 2014 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, ta kuma  lashe lambar yabo ta shekarar 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction .  An zabe ta a cikin Ƙungiyar   Ƙwararru  na shekarar 2014.  Sauran girmamawa sun haɗa da lambar yabo ta shekarar 2013 Society of Midland Authors Award (na ƙarshe), da Kyautar Caine na  shekarar 2013 a Rubutun Afirka (na ƙarshe), da ƙari. 

Gajeren labarinta na "Adalci" an ne a haɗa 2014 cikin PEN/O. Henry Prize Labarun, a cikin gajerun labarai guda 20 na wannan shekara. 

*Farin ciki, Kamar Ruwa* shine zaɓin Editoci don *Bitar Littafin New York Times* akan Satumba 20, 2013.  An kuma jera tari tari a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin Mafiya kyawun almara na Afirka *na The Guardian* na shekarar 2013,  kuma a cikin watan Disamba na shekarar 2014 an sanar da shi a matsayin ɗan wasan ƙarshe na lambar yabo ta Etisalat na kasar Najeriya.  

Littafinta na farko,a *ƙarƙashin Bishiyoyin Udala*, an buga shine a cikin shekarar 2015. Mawallafin *[[New York Times|jaridar New York Times]]* ya kira Okparanta "marubuciya mai kyau kuma madaidaiciya",  da kuma *The Guardian* (Birtaniya) ya kwatanta littafin a matsayin "labari mai ban sha'awa game da bayyanar wata budurwa 'yar luwadi da girma a Najeriya a lokacin yakin basasar kasar Najeriya ... "a cikinsa". . . Okparanta da yaudara ya sasanta tsakanin labarin soyayya da labarin yaki.” 

*A ƙarƙashin Bishiyoyin Udala* shine Zaɓin Editocin *Bita na Littafin New York Times*  da kuma wanda aka zaɓa don Kyautar *Binciken Kirkus* na shekarar 2015 a cikin Fiction.  Ɗaya daga cikin "Mafiya kyawun Littattafai na shekarar 2015" na NPR, shi ma ya sanya BuzzFeed, a *Jaridar Wall Street Journal*, *Miliyoyin*, *Bustle*, Sanin Shelf, da Mawallafin Abincin rana "Mafiya kyawun"  da "Mafi Tsammani" jerin, da sauransu. . An daɗe ana jera shina a cikin shekarar 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize,  wanda aka zaba kuma akaba lambar yabo tan shekarar 2016 NAACP Image Award for External Literary Work of Fiction,  wanda aka zaba a shekarar 2016 Hurston-Wright Legacy Award a Fiction,  dab dana karshe a shekarar 2016 Publishing Triangle Literary Awards ( Ferro-Grumley Award ),  dan wasan kusa da na karshe na 2016 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award,  da aka jera don 2016 Chautauqua Prize , kuma sun sami nasarar lashe lambar yabo ta Lambda Literary 2016 a cikin Babban Labarin Almara na Madigo. 

*A ƙarƙashin Bishiyoyin Udala* kuma sun sami lambar yabo ne ta shekarar 2016 Jessie Redmon Fauset a cikin Fiction  kuma ya kasance zaɓi a shekarar 2017 Amelia Bloomer Project na Ƙungiyar Laburare ta kasar Amurka .  Hakanan an zaɓi shi don Kyautar Adabin Dublin ta Duniya ta shekarar 2017. 

A cikin shekarar 2017 ne, Okparanta ta lashe lambar yabo ta Buga Triangle ta  shekarar 2016 Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award . 

*Pulse Najeriya* mai suna *Karkashin Bishiyoyin Udala* daya daga cikin Manyan Littattafan Najeriya guda 10 na shekar 2015.  *YNaija* ta jera ta a matsayin daya daga cikin Littattafai Goma da suka fi shahara a shekarar 2015.  *Afridiaspora* ya lissafa ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun litattafan kasashen Afirka na shekarar 2015. 

A cikin watan Afrilu na shekarar 2017, *Granta* ya zaɓi Okparanta don sau ɗaya a cikin shekaru goma Mafi kyawun jerin littafan kasar Amurkawa na matasa .  

Mawallafinta na "Trump a cikin Classroom" an haɗa shi a cikin tarihi na shekarar 2019 *Sabbin 'ya'yan Afirka*, editan Margaret Busby . 

Chinelo Okparanta ta samu karbuwa a matsayin zakara na masu rajin ra'ayin mazan jiya da marasa galihu a duk tsawon rayuwarta ta marubuciya, Helon Habila. 

Littattafan Okparanta guda uku, "Farin Ciki Kamar Ruwa," "Karƙashin Bishiyar Udala," da na baya-bayan nan, "Harry Sylvester Bird" sun ba da fifikon labarun al'ummar LGBTQ da mutane masu launi ta hanyar hangen nesa na cikin gida da hangen nesa na waje.

*   by Christopher Mari,   pp.&nbsp;73–77
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* Gidan yanar gizon hukuma
* Boen Wang, "Almajirin jihar Penn Okparanta yana karanta gajerun labarai a Foster", *Daily Collegian*, Nuwamba 7, 2014.
* http://schreyer.psu.edu/documents/admissions/viewbook.pdf
* "'Kowa ya kamata ya zama ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, ina tsammanin.'  Hira Da Chinelo Okparanta"  , *Gajeren Labari Ranar Afirka*, Maris 23, 2016.
* Sarah Ládípọ̀ Manyika, "Marubuciyar Ba'amurke Ba-Amurke Mai Taken Taboos" , OZY.com, Disamba 19, 2017.
* "Emmanuel Sigauke Interviews Chinelo Okparanta", *Munyori Literary Journal*, 2013
* Ƙarƙashin bishiyar Udala, taƙaitawa, *Mawallafa Mako-mako*, 2015
* Melissa Mordi, "Chinelo Okparanta - Ƙarfin Mata, Rubutu da Rubutun Mata"  (tambayoyi), *The Guardian* (Nigeria), 11 Maris 2019.