Teju Cole

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Teju Cole (amuru June 27, 1975) bu onye Naijiria-American odee, onye na-ese foto na onye ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme. Ọ bụ onye dere akwụkwọ akụkọ ụbọchị ọ bụla bụ maka onye ohi (2007), akwụkwọ akụkọ Open City (2011), nchịkọta edemede mara na ihe dị iche iche (2016), na akwụkwọ foto Punto d'Ombra (2016; e bipụtara na Bekee na 2017 dị ka kpuru ìsì). Ndị nkatọ toro ọrụ ya dị ka o meghere ụzọ ọhụrụ na akwụkwọ Africa.

## Ndụ onwe onye na agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ Cole na Kalamazoo, Michigan, nye nne na nna Nigeria, ma bụrụ ọkpara n'ime ụmụaka anọ. Cole na nne ya laghachiri na Lagos, Nigeria, obere oge ka amuchara ya, ebe nna ya sonyeere ha mgbe ha nwetachara MBA na Mahadum Western Michigan. Cole laghachiri na United States mgbe ọ dị afọ 17 ịga Mahadum Western Michigan otu afọ, wee nyefee ya na Kalamazoo College, bụ ebe ọ nwetara akara ugo mmụta bachelor na 1996. Mgbe ọ kwụsịrị ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụike na Mahadum Michigan, Cole debanyere aha ya. na mmemme akụkọ ihe mere eme nka nke Africa na School of Oriental and African Studies na London, wee gbasoo nzere doctorate na akụkọ ihe mere eme nka na Mahadum Columbia. Ọ bụ Gore Vidal Prọfesọ nke Practice of Creative Writing na Mahadum Harvard ma bi ugbu a na Cambridge, Massachusetts.

## Ọrụ

### Onye dere ya
Cole bụ onye edemede ma ọ bụ onye na-ede akwụkwọ nke ọtụtụ akwụkwọ, n'ime ha bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ Every Day Is for the Thief; akwụkwọ akụkọ, Open City; nchịkọta nke ihe karịrị 40 edemede, Mara na ihe dị iche iche; na akwụkwọ foto, Punto d'Ombra (2016) (nke e bipụtara n'asụsụ bekee na 2017 ka kpuru ìsì). Salman Rushdie akọwala Cole dị ka "otu n'ime ndị ode akwụkwọ nwere nkà nke ọgbọ ya".

Ọ bụ onye edemede ama ama na ebe obibi na kọleji Bard. Site na June ruo Nọvemba 2014 ọ bụ "onye edemede n'ụlọ obibi" nke Literaturhaus Zurich [de] na PWG Foundation [de] na Zurich.

#### ''Ụbọchị Ọ bụla Maka Ozu''
Ebipụtara ya n’afọ 2007, akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ nke Cole, Kwa ụbọchị bụ maka onye ohi, bụ akụkọ banyere otu nwa okorobịa chọwara ileta obodo ya bụ Nigeria, ka ọ nọsịrị afọ iri na ise. Akwụkwọ akụkọ a na-agụ dị ka akwụkwọ ndekọ njem na-akọwa ụzọ ndụ na obodo Lagos na n'ụzọ, na-ekpughe otú ọdịdị ọchịchị onye kwuo uche nke nrụrụ aka nwere ike isi metụta onye ọ bụla n'agbanyeghị ọnọdụ ha na ọha mmadụ.

#### ''Obodo mepere emepe''
Edere ya n'afọ 2011 wee bipụta ya n'afọ 2012, akwụkwọ akụkọ a lekwasịrị anya na "Julius onye Nigeria kwabatara, nwa akwụkwọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na-amụ banyere isi mgbaka na New York City, kewara enyi ya nwanyị n'oge na-adịbeghị anya ma na-etinye oge ka ukwuu na nrọ na-ejegharị na Manhattan. Ọtụtụ Open Open. Obodo ahụ lekwasịrị anya n'echiche dị n'ime Julius ka ọ na-agbagharị n'obodo ahụ dum, na-ese onyinyo ma ihe ndị mere gburugburu ya na ihe ndị mere n'oge gara aga bụ́ ndị ọ na-apụghị ichetụ n'echiche. Ka ọ na-aga, ọ na-ezute ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ, ya na ha na-enwekarịkwa mkparịta ụka ogologo oge banyere nkà ihe ọmụma na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, o yiri ka ọ na-anabata mkparịta ụka ndị a. otú o si ele onwe ya anya."

Atụgharịrị asụsụ mepere emepe ka ọ bụrụ asụsụ iri ma nwetakwa nlebanya zuru oke site n'aka ndị nkatọ edemede. James Wood na New Yorker kpọrọ ya "mara mma, aghụghọ, na, n'ikpeazụ, akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ". Dị ka akwụkwọ akụkọ bụ́ The New York Times si kwuo, “mkpa akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ dabeere n’eziokwu ya.” The Independent na-akọwa Open City dị ka "hypnotic", "transfixing", na "mpụta mbụ" maka Cole, ebe Time zoro aka na akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ dị ka "ọrụ mbụ siri ike, na-akpali ọgụgụ isi na inwe ụdị ma na-adọrọ mmasị ma na-adọrọ adọrọ."

#### ''Ihe Ndị A Ma Ama Ama na Ihe Ndị A Na-amaghị Ama''
Na 2016, Cole bipụtara nchịkọta edemede mbụ ya na nkatọ. Mgbe ọ na-ede akwụkwọ akụkọ New York Times, onye na-ede uri bụ Claudia Rankine kpọrọ ya "njem dị mkpa na nke na-akpali akpali," ma wepụta ya, karịsịa, edemede ya na foto, bụ ebe ọ "na-ekpughe agụụ [ya] na-agụ agụụ na ịhụnanya nke ihe ngosi."

### Akwụkwọ akụkọ na nkọwa mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya
Cole bụ onye na-enye aka mgbe niile na mbipụta gụnyere New York Times, Qarrtsiluni, Granta, New Yorker, akwụkwọ akụkọ mgbanwe, Ajụjụ Ọhụrụ, na Oghere Ọha. Quarrtsiluni (2005–2013) bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ agụmagụ n'ịntanetị nke nwara dezie ngwanrọ blọgụ sitere na mgbasa ozi ọha; nzube n'azụ ya bụ inye ohere zuru ezu na ndị na-ede akwụkwọ / ndị na-akọwa okwu dị iche iche "ndị na-emezughị nrọ anyị nke ịmepụta nhọrọ nke mbipụta maka mbipụta ọ bụla." Kọlụm ya kwa ọnwa maka akwụkwọ akụkọ New York Times, "Na foto," bụ onye ikpeazụ maka onyinye ntinye akwụkwọ akụkọ mba na 2016.

Ekwupụtala Cole na ọ bụ n'ichepụta okwu ahụ bụ "White Savior Industrial Complex" na usoro tweet sochiri akụkọ bipụtara na Atlantic. Usoro tweet izizi nke butere akụkọ ahụ welitere nzaghachi sitere n'aka onye odeakụkọ NY Times Nicholas Kristof onye Cole kpọrọ aha dịka ọmụmaatụ nke onye nzọpụta ọcha. Kristof zoro aka na Cole, onye Naijiria-America, dị ka onye Uganda, kwuru na ya kwenyere na Cole bụ akụkụ nke mgbagha megide ndị ọcha na-elekọta mmadụ sitere na ndị ọkà mmụta Africa etiti. Kristof kwuru na ahụ erughị ya ala n'ihi na o chere na Cole na-ekwu na "ndị ọcha America ekwesịghị itinye aka n'ọdachi mmadụ n'ihi na ndị ahụ metụtara nwere agba akpụkpọ ahụ dị iche." Cole a nga jô na, a ye kôme yeme na, aval avé aval avé aval avé aval avé Kristof, a nga jô na: “Nge môte ya nleme wé ôse, amu a nga jô nye na a kômbô’ô été.”

N'akụkụ Michael Ondaatje, Francine Prose, Peter Carey, Rachel Kushner, na Taiye Selasi, Cole bụ otu n'ime ndị ode akwụkwọ isii mere mkpesa na PEN American Center gala na-asọpụrụ magazin French satirical Charlie Hebdo na onyinye ya "Freedom of Expression Courage" na Eprel 2015 site na. ịwepụ dị ka ndị na-akwado mmemme ahụ. Mgbe ọ na-ede na New Yorker ụbọchị abụọ mgbe ogbugbu nke ndị ọrụ Charlie Hebdo site na ndị Alakụba na Paris, Cole kwuru na mbipụta French bụ " ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na Islamophobic", ebubo zutere nkatọ sitere n'aka ọtụtụ ndị nkọwa, gụnyere onyeisi oche nke SOS Racisme, France. Onye na-edu òtù na-emegide ịkpa ókè agbụrụ, bụ onye toro Charlie Hebdo dị ka "onye kachasị mma kwa izu na-emegide ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na obodo a."

### Foto
E gosiri foto Cole na ihe ngosi solo na Milan na 2016 nke a na-akpọ Punto d'ombra. Foto ndị sitere na ihe ngosi a bụ nke onye mbipụta Italy Contrasto Books bipụtara na 2016, yana site na Random House na 2017 n'okpuru aha Blind Spot.

### Mgbasa ozi mmekọrịta
Ojiji nke mgbasa ozi mmekọrịta (karịsịa Twitter na Instagram) Cole ji dị ka ikpo okwu okike anabatala nke ọma.

## Akwụkwọ ndị e bipụtara

*  A novella.
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*  A novel.
*  An essay collection.
*  A photobook.
**  English-language edition.
*  Photographs.
*  Photographs and text.
*  Text and illustrations.

## Onyinye na nsọpụrụ

* 2011 Time magazine's "Best Books of the Year" maka Open City Time Open City
* 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist maka Open City National Book Crittics Circle Award Open City
* 2012 Hemingway Foundation / Onye mmeri nke Open City Hemingway Fondation / PEN Award Open City
* 2012 Ondaatje Prize shortlist maka Open City Ondaatje Award Open City
* 2012 The Morning News Tournament of Books finalist The Morning News Tour of Books
* 2013 International Literature Award maka nsụgharị asụsụ German nke Christine Richter-Nilsson nke Open City International Literature Awards Open City
* 2015 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize (Fiction) nke ruru $ 150,000 Windham-Kampbell Literatura Prize
* 2018 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship for Creative Arts Guggenhe Foundation Felloyship 

## Ihe odide

## Njikọ mpụga

* Official website 
* James Wood, "The Arrival of Enigmas", The New Yorker, February 2, 2011. "Ọbịbịa nke Enigmas" The New Yorker
* Ajụjụ ọnụ na Aleksandar Hemon na magazin Bomb. Ajụjụ ọnụ na Aleksandar Hemon Bomb
* Akụkụ edemede abụọ banyere owuwu Cole nke anya na ọhụụ na Open City: Akụkụ 1, Akụkụ 2 Open City Akụkụ 1 Akụkụ 2
* Edem Torkornoo, "Shuffering and shmiling": Nnyocha nke Teju Cole's Every Day Is For The Thief, Ayiba Magazine, June 18, 2014. "Shuffering and shmiling": Nnyocha nke Teju Cole's Every Day Is For The Thief Ayiba Magazine
* Ọdịdị m ghọrọ ihe dị nsọ. Ajụjụ ọnụ ya na Teju Cole. Vidio site na Louisiana Channel. Ọwa Mmiri Louisiana
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