Chris Abani

**Christopher Abani** (amụrụ na 27 Disemba 1966) bụ onye edemede Naijiria-America na Los Angeles. Ọ na-ekwu na ọ bụ otu n'ime ọgbọ ọhụrụ nke ndị edemede Naijiria na-arụ ọrụ iji nye ndị na-asụ Bekee ahụmịhe nke ndị a mụrụ ma zụlite na "mba obodo Afrịka ahụ nwere nsogbu".

## Akụkọ maka ndụ ya
Abani bipụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya, Masters of the Board, na 1985 mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na isii. Ọ bụ ihe egwu ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, nke atụmatụ ya bụ ihe atụ dabere na nnupụisi e mere na Naịjirịa obere oge tupu edee ya. A tụrụ ya mkpọrọ ọnwa isii n'ihi ebubo na ọ na-anwa ịkwatu gọọmentị. Ọ gara n'ihu na-ede akwụkwọ mgbe a tọhapụrụ ya n'ụlọ mkpọrọ, mana a tụrụ ya mkpọrọ otu afọ mgbe e bipụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ ya nke 1987 Sirocco . N'oge a, e jidere ya n'ụlọ mkpọrọ Kiri Kiri a ma ama, ebe a tara ya ahụhụ. Mgbe a tọhapụrụ ya n'ụlọ mkpọrọ n'oge a, o dere ọtụtụ ihe nkiri na-emegide gọọmentị nke a na-eme n'okporo ámá dị nso n'ọfịs gọọmentị ruo afọ abụọ. A tụrụ ya mkpọrọ nke ugboro atọ ma tinye ya n'ụlọ mkpọrọ ọnwụ. Otú ọ dị, ndị enyi ya nyere ndị ọrụ gọọmentị aka azụ maka ntọhapụ ya na afọ 1991, ozugbo ahụ Abani, nne ya, na ụmụnne ya anọ kwagara United Kingdom, biri ebe ahụ ruo 1999. Ọ kwagara na United States, ebe ọ bi ugbu a.

## Agụmakwụkwọ na ọrụ ya
Abani nwere nzere B.A. na Bekee na Literary Studies site na Mahadum Imo State, Nigeria; MA na Gender na Culture site na Birkbeck College, Mahadum London, MA na Bekee site na Machị Southern California; ma nwe Ph.D. na Creative Writing and Literature site na Maọndị Southern California.

E nyela Abani onyinye PEN / Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award, 2001 Prince Claus Awards, Lannan Literary Fellowship, California Book Award, Hurston-Wright Legacy Award na Hemingway Foundation / PEN Award. Nhọrọ nke uri ya pụtara na akwụkwọ akụkọ Blackbird n'ịntanetị. Site na 2007 ruo 2012, ọ bụ Prọfesọ nke Creative Writing na Mahadum California, Riverside. Ọ bụ ugbu a Board of Trustees Professor na English  na uloakwuko Northwestern University.

Akwụkwọ uri ya, Sanctificum (2010) nke Copper Canyon Press bipụtara, bụ usoro nke uri ndị jikọtara ọnụ, na-ejikọta ememe okpukpe, asụsụ Igbo nke ala nna ya Naijiria, na rhythms reggae na abụ ịhụnanya postracial, liturgical.

Ntinye Abani n'ime mbipụta emeela ka e mepụta usoro uri Black Goat, nke bụ akara nke Akashic Books nke dị na New York. Ndị na-ede uri Kwame Dawes, Christina Garcia, Kate Durbin, Karen Harryman, Uche Nduka, Percival Everett, Khadijah Queen na Gabriela Jauregui ka ewuojii bipụtara.

N'oge ọkọchị 2016, obere ụlọ ọrụ na-ebipụta akwụkwọ n'onwe ya bụ Ra'av bipụtara nhọrọ dị ukwuu nke ọrụ ya na Israel n'okpuru aha *Shi'ur* Geografia (Hibru maka "Geography Lesson"), nke Noga Shevach na onye na-ede uri bụ Eran Tzelgov dezigharịrị. Nchịkọta ahụ nwetara nyocha dị ukwuu ma nye ndị na-agụ akwụkwọ Hibru izute abụ Abani nke mbụ ya.

Akwụkwọ akụkọ

* *Ndị isi nke Board* (Delta, 1985)
* *GraceLand* (FSG, 2004/Picador 2005)
* *Nwa agbọghọ na-amaghị nwoke nke Ọkụ* (Penguin, 2007)
* *Akụkọ Nzuzo nke Las Vegas* (Penguin, 2014)

**Akwụkwọ akụkọ ndị odire**

* *Ịghọ Abigail* (Akashic Books, 2006)
* *Abụ Maka abalị* (Akashic Books, 2007)

**Abụ uri**

* *Kalakuta Republic* (Saqi, 2001).
* Daphne's Lot (Red Hen Press, 2003)
* *Nkịta Nwanyị* (Red Hen Press, 2004)
* *Aka* Na-asa Mmiri (Copper Canyon Press, 2006)
* *Enweghị aha maka ọbara ọbara* (Red Hen Press, 2010)
* *Nye m anyanwụ* (Peepal Tree Press, 2010)
* Sanctificum (Copper Canyon Press, 2010)

* The Face (Restless Books, 2014)

## Onyinye na nsọpụrụ o natara
N'afọ 2001, Abani natara Middleton Fellowship site na Mahadum nke Southern California . N'afọ 2003, Onyinye na nsọpụrụ  ọ natara Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship, yana Hellman / Hammet Grant site na Human Rights Watch.

N'afọ 2006, a kpọrọ Becoming Abigail akwụkwọ Editor's Choice maka *The New York Times*, na Critic's Choices maka *Chicago Reader*. Ọ bụkwa nhọrọ klọb akwụkwọ maka Essence *Magazine* na egosiputa Black Expressions.

N'afọ 2007, The Virgin of Flames na Song for Night bụ nhọrọ nchịkọta akụkọ maka *The New York Times*.**' The Virgin of Flames bụkwa Barnes & Noble Discovery Selection, na Becoming Abigail bụ New York Libraries Books For Teens and Selection.**'

N'afọ 2008,mazi Abani natara onyinye Humanist Distinguished Award site na Mahadum California, Riverside.

## Biography

A mụrụ Abani na Afikpo, Ebonyi State, nke dị na mpaghara ndịda ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Nigeria. Nna ya bụ onye Igbo, ebe nne ya bụ onye bekee.[1]

Abani bipụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya, Masters of the Board, na 1985 mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na isii.[1] Ọ bụ mkparị ndọrọndọrọ ọchịchị, nke atụmatụ ya bụ ihe atụ gbadoro ụkwụ na ọchịchị nchịgbu e mere na Naijiria obere oge tupu edee ya. A tụrụ ya mkpọrọ ọnwa isii n’ihi enyo enyo na ọ chọrọ ịkwatu ọchịchị.[2] Ọ gara n'ihu na-ede akwụkwọ mgbe a tọhapụrụ ya n'ụlọ mkpọrọ, mana a tụrụ ya mkpọrọ otu afọ ka ebipụtachara akwụkwọ akụkọ 1987 Sirocco.[3] During this time, he was held at the infamous Kiri Kiri prison, where he was tortured.[4] Mgbe a tọhapụrụ ya n’ụlọ mkpọrọ n’oge a, o mere ọtụtụ egwuregwu ndị na-emegide ọchịchị bụ́ ndị e mere n’okporo ámá dị nso n’ụlọ ọrụ gọọmenti ruo afọ abụọ. A tụrụ ya mkpọrọ nke ugboro atọ, tụọkwa ya n’ọnwụ.[5] Otú ọ dị, ndị enyi ya enyela ndị ọrụ gọọmenti ihe iri ngo maka ntọhapụ ya na 1991, ozugbo Abani, nne ya, na ụmụnne ya anọ kwagara United Kingdom, biri ebe ahụ ruo 1999.[6] Ọ kwagara United States, bụ́ ebe o bi ugbu a.[7]

## Education and career

Abani nwere nzere B.A. na Bekee na Literary Studies site na Mahadum Imo State, Nigeria; MA na Gender na Culture site na Birkbeck, Mahadum London; MA na Bekee site na Machị Southern California; na Ph.D. na Creative Writing and Literature site na Maazị Southern California.

Enyere Abani onyinye PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award, 2001 Prince Claus Awards, Lannan Literary Fellowship, Award Book California, Hurston/Wright Legacy Award na PEN/Hemingway Award. Nhọrọ nke uri ya pụtara na akwụkwọ akụkọ ịntanetị Blackbird. Site na 2007 ruo 2012, ọ bụ Prọfesọ nke Creative Writing na Mahadum California, Riverside.

Ugbu a ọ bụ onye isi mmemme nke ọmụmụ Africa na Mahadum Northwwest.[1] Ọ bụkwa onye Board of Trustees Prọfesọ Bekee ebe ahụ.[2]

Akwụkwọ uri ya, Sanctificum (2010) nke Copper Canyon Press bipụtara, bụ usoro uri jikọtara ọnụ, na-achịkọta emume okpukperechi, asụsụ Igbo nke ala nna ya na Nigeria, na reggae rhythms na egwu ịhụnanya mgbe agbụrụ gasịrị, nke liturgical.

Nkwalite Abani mere n'ime mbipụta emela ka e guzobe usoro uri nwa ewu, nke bụ akara akwụkwọ Akashic nke New York.[1] Ndị na-ede uri Kwame Dawes, Christina Garcia, Kate Durbin, Karen Harryman, Uche Nduka, Percival Everett, Khadijah Queen na Gabriela Jauregui bụ ndị ewu ojii ebipụtarala ya.

Akwụkwọ akụkọ mpụ Abani The Secret History of Las Vegas meriri Edgar Allan Poe Award maka akwụkwọ mbụ kacha mma na 2015.[1]

N'oge okpomọkụ nke afọ 2016, e bipụtara ọtụtụ ọrụ ya n'Izrel site n'aka obere ụlọ obibi akwụkwọ nke onwe ya bụ Ra'av n'okpuru aha Shi'ur Geografia (Hibru maka "Geography Lesson"), nke Noga Shevach na onye na-ede uri bụ Eran Tzelgov deziri. Nchịkọta ahụ nwetara nyocha dị ukwuu ma nye ndị na-agụ Hibru akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ na uri Abani.

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