A. Igoni Barrett

**Adrian Igonibo Barrett** (amụrụ ya na 26 Machị 1979) bụ onye Naijiria na-ede akụkọ mkpirikpi na akwụkwọ akụkọ. Akpọrọ ya aha na Africa39 ndepụta ndị ode akwụkwọ na-erubeghị afọ 40 nwere ikike na nka ịkọwapụta usoro n'ọdịnihu na akwụkwọ Afrika. N'ịgbaso nchịkọta akụkọ abụọ ya - From Caves of Rotten Teeth (2005) na Love Is Power, or Something Like That (2013) - e bipụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya, *Blackass*, na 2015, nke Chicago Review of Books kọwara dị ka "Kafka na wink".

## Ọrụ
A mụrụ ya na Port Harcourt, Naijiria, nne Naijiria na onye edemede na onye na-ede uri na Jamaica bụ Lindsay Barrett, A. Igoni Barrett gụrụ ọrụ ugbo na Mahadum Ibadan, ọ bụ ezie na otu afọ tupu ọ gụchaa akwụkwọ o kpebiri na ọ chọrọ ịbụ onye edemede. O kwuru, sị: “Papa m bụ onye mbụ kwadoro m dị ka onye edemede. Enwere m mmetụta na m ga-egosi onwe m na m ji ihe kpọrọ ihe banyere ide ihe, yabụ m chụrụ àjà ikpeazụ - m hapụrụ agụmakwụkwọ mahadum m maka agụmakwụkwọ onwe m n'akwụkwọ. N'afọ 2007, Barrett kwagara Lagos, ebe ọ zutere nwunye ya, onye nta akụkọ Dutch na onye edemede Femke van Zeijl.

Akwụkwọ mbụ ya, nchịkọta akụkọ mkpirisi akpọrọ Site na Caves of Rotten Teeth, ka ebipụtara na 2005 wee bipụta ya na 2008. Akụkọ sitere na nchịkọta ahụ, "The Phoenix", meriri asọmpi akụkọ mkpirikpi nke BBC World Service na 2005.

Nchịkọta akụkọ nke abụọ ya, Ịhụnanya bụ Ike, ma ọ bụ Ihe Dị Ka Nke ahụ, bụ Graywolf Press bipụtara na 2013; dị ka The Boston Globe si kwuo, nchịkọta ahụ "nwere ike ndụ na-apụghị imeri emeri nke bụ, site na ntụgharị, dị nro ma dị egwu". Time Out New York kwuru, sị: "A na-ahazi ihe ndị a bara ọgaranya nke ọma. Mgbanwe n'ọnọdụ na-eme n'ime akwụkwọ ahụ. Oge ọmịiko na-agaghị ekwe omume na-eme ugboro ugboro n'etiti ihe nkiri na-emebi emebi na ihe ọchị dị aghụghọ; nchịkọta na-esi na ya apụta na-eju afọ n'ọtụtụ ọkwa. " NPR na *Flavorwire* họọrọ Love is Power, ma ọ bụ Something Like That dị ka "akwụkwọ kachasị mma nke 2013".

E bipụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya, nke akpọrọ *Blackass*, n'afọ 2015. N'ịtụleghachi ya na The Financial Times, Jon Day dere, sị: "Site na ahịrịokwu mbụ, Kafka's The *Metamorphosis* na-eche gị ihu na nkwekọrịta ị na-eme mgbe ị na-agụ akụkọ ifo. Gregor Samsa aghọwo ahụhụ, Kafka na-ekwu. Kwụsị ikwenyeghị gị. Were ya ma ọ bụ hapụ ya. Akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ nke Igoni Barrett - akwụkwọ nke atọ ya - chọrọ nzaghachi yiri nke ahụ....ịgụ ya naanị dị ka onye edemede Naijiria ga-abụ ime ya ihe ọjọọ. N'ihi na *Blackass* bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ dị ịtụnanya, na-adọrọ mmasị, Barrett nwekwara ihe ọ ga-agwa anyị niile. N'ide akwụkwọ na *The Guardian*, Helon Habila kwuru, sị: "Ihe kachasị mma nke Igoni Barrett bụ ikike ya ịkatọ ihe ndị na-enweghị isi, ọkachasị ndị Lagosian, na-aga iji yie ihe dị mkpa. " Claire Fallon maka *Huffington Post* kwubiri, sị: "Blackass bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ na-enweghị isi, nke edere n'ụzọ doro anya - ụdị nke na-eme ka onye na-agụ ya nwee mmetụta dị ka a ga-asị na ha na-eguzo n'ime akpụkpọ ahụ nke onye ahụ, na-eso ya na-aga n'oge ya - ọ bụ ezie na isiokwu ahụ nwere ike ịbụ nke arụmụka, ọ bụkwa akwụkwọ akụkọ aghụghọ, nke na-enweghị uche banyere njikọ, mgbe ụfọdụ ụmụ mmadụ nwere mkpa maka ezinụlọ na njikọ. " Aaron Bady nke OkayAfrica kpọrọ ya "akwụkwọ Naijirịa na-enweghị mgbagha nke ndị na-ebipụta America bipụtala ogologo oge, na dịka 'Afropolitan' aghọwo ihe na-esiwanye ike n'ebe nile nke akwụkwọ Afrika nke oge a, a na-enweghachi azụ azụ na-aga n'ihu, ma megide Afropolitan. dị ka ndị dị otú ahụ, na megidere akụkụ nile nke akwụkwọ mbata mba Africa.

A kpọrọ ya dị ka onye sonyere na mmemme edemede dị iche iche, Barrett bụ onye na-agụ akwụkwọ n'abalị mmeghe nke PEN World Voices Festival na 2013, na onye edemede ọbịa na Serpentine Galleries' Miracle Marathon na 2016 na mbipụta 2018 nke Festivaletteratura. Ọ bụ onye guzobere usoro ọgụgụ BookJam na Lagos, Naijiria, nke gosipụtara ndị edemede Jude Dibia, Michela Wrong, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Binyavanga Wainaina, Helon Habila na Tsitsi Dangarembga, n'etiti ndị ọzọ.

Ọrụ Barrett apụtala n'ọtụtụ akwụkwọ, gụnyere *Al Jazeera English* na *The Guardian* .

## Onyinye na otuto
A. Igoni Barrett bụ onye mmeri nke asọmpi akụkọ mkpirikpi nke BBC World Service maka afọ 2005 na akụkọ akpọrọ "The Phoenix", nke a na-agbasa na Jenụwarị 2, 2006.

N'afọ 2010, e nyere ya Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship. N'afọ 2011, e nyere ya Norman Mailer Center Fellowship na Bellagio Center Residency.

A kpọrọ Barrett aha dị ka otu n'ime ndị edemede 39 nke ndịda Sahara Africa na-erubeghị afọ 40 na Hay Festival na Rainbow Book Club Africa39 na-eme emume Port Harcourt UNESCO World Book Capital 2014.

Akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya bụ *Blackass* meriri People's Literature Publishing House na Chinese Foreign Literature Society's 21st Century Best Foreign Novel Award.

Ọ bụ onye Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellow na 2018.

Igoni Barrett bụ onye nwetara Charles Dickens Award na mbipụta 2021 nke International London Literary Award .

## Ọrụ

* Site na Caves of Rotten Teeth: A Collection of Short Stories, Daylight Media Services, 2005,  
* Ịhụnanya bụ Ike, Ma ọ bụ Ihe Dị ka Nke ahụ: Akụkọ, Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2013,  
* *[[Blackass]]*, London: Chatto & Windus, 2015, ; Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016, .
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