Sefi Atta

**Sefi Atta**   onye nke  amụrụ n'ọnwa mbụ (Jenụwarị) n'afọ 1964 bụ nwa afọ Naijiria bi n'America. Ọ nwere ihe nrite pụrụ iche site na-ide akwụkwọ, egwuregwu na egwuregwu ndi a na-ekiri n'onyonyo.   A tụgharịala ụfọdụ akwụkwọ ya n'ọtụtụ asụsụ di iche iche. Akwụkwọ ndi nke bụ egwurwegwu pụtara ihe bụ nke ndi BBC na-egosipụta n'igwe redio, egwuregwu ndi nke a na-eme na nkwago egwuruegwu bụ nke gara mba ụwa niile. Ihe nrite o nwetagoro  gụnyere ihe nrite nke odee n'Afịrịka nke si n'aka Wole Soyinka n'afọ 2006 nakwa nke a na-akpọ Noma Award maka mbiputa akwụkwọ n'Afịrịka  n'afọ 2009. .  

## Akụkọ ndụ
A mụrụ Sefi Atta mụrụ na Lagos, Nigeria, n'ọnwa Jenụwarị n'afọ 1964, Ha dị ise n' ezinaụlọ a. Nna ya Abdul-Aziz Atta bụ  odeakwụkwọ nke gọọmentị Naijiria bụrụkwa Onye Isi ndi ọrụ oyibo wee ganye n'ọnwa ya n'afọ 1972, nne ya bụ Iyabo Atta zụrụ ya. 

Ọ gara Queen's College, Lagos na Millfield School nke England. N’afọ 1985, ọ nwetara nzere mmụta BA na Mahadum Birmingham . O tozuru etozu dika onye na -ahụ maka ego obodo n'obodo England nakwa mba United States, ebe o kwagara n'afọ 1994.  O nwetara nturu ugo mke MFA site na Mahadum Antioch n'afọ 2001.  

Ọ lụrụ Gboyega Ransome-Kuti, onye dibia oyibo , ọ bụ nwa Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, ha mụrụ otu nwa nwanyị, aha ya bụ Temi.  

Ụlọ ọrụ ya di na-Lagos bụ  nke na-enye nkwado n'ụmụ mwaanyị chọrọ imụta ka esi agụ agụmagụ bụ nke o guzobere iji nweta ego o ji enyere ndi chọrọ imuta ka esi agụ agụmagụ. 

Ọ na - eke oge ya n’agbata Naịjirịa, England na United States. 

## Ederede ya
Atta gụrụ akwụkwọ na  Mahadum Antiọk dị na Los Angeles ebe a na-akụzi ka esi eji nka ede ederede nke ọma. Mkpirisi akụkọ ụfọdụ  o dere pụta ihe n'akwụkwọ Jonal ha bụ    *[[:en:The_Los_Angeles_Review|<nowiki/>'The Los Angeles Review]]*, *[[:en:Mississippi_Review|Mississippi Review]] nakwa* *[[:en:World_Literature_Today|World Literature Today]]*. Ederede ya apụtala n'akwụkwọ mbipụta dika *[[:en:Time_(magazine)|Time]]* and *[[:en:Libération|Libération]]*   A tụgharịala akwụkwọ ya n'ọtụtụ asụsụ di iche iche. Akwụkwọ agụmagụ izizi ya a kpọrọ *[[:en:Everything_Good_Will_Come|Everything Good Will Come]]*, nwetara ihe oyinye nke Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa.  

**Akwụkwọ agụmagụ ya** 

* *[[:en:Everything_Good_Will_Come|Everything Good Will Come]]*,  nke ndị Interlink Books, bipụtara n'afọ 2005. Akara ya bụ ISBN 978-1566565707

*  *Swallow*, nke Interlink Books biputara, ISBN 978-1566568333

** *A Bit of Difference* , n'afọ 2013 Interlink Books, ISBN 9781566568920
** *The Bead Collector*, n'afọ 2019 Interlink Books, ISBN 9781623719852     

**Nchikota nkenke akụkọ** 

* *News from Home*,  n'afọ 2010 Interlink Books, ISBN 978-1566568036      

**Akwụkwọ ụmụaka** 

*  *Drama Queen*, n'afọ 2018  Mango books, Nigeria, bipụtara ya. ISBN 978-978967959-1

**Nchịkọta egwuregwu** 

* *Sefi Atta; Selected Plays*, n'afọ 2019 Interlink Books, ISBN 978-1623719791      

**Egwuregwu emere na nkwago** 

* *The Engagement*, MUSON Centre, Lagos n'afọ 2005 

* *The Cost of Living*, Lagos Heritage Festival n'afọ 2011:  

** *Hagel auf Zamfara*, Theatre Krefeld, na Germany n'afọ 2011
** *The Naming Ceremony*, New World Nigeria, Theatre Royal Stratford East, London n'afọ 2012

** *An Ordinary Legacy*, The MUSON Festival, MUSON Centre, Lagos n'afọ 2012
** *Last Stand*, Terra Kulture, Lagos n'afọ 2014
** *Renovation*, The Jos Festival of Theatre n'afọ 2018
** *The Death Road*, The Jos Festival of Theatre n'afọ 2019

**Egwuregwu ekwupụtara na Redio**  

* The Engagement na BBC Redio  n'afọ 2002 
* *Makinwa's Miracle*, na BBC Redio n'afọ 2004 
* *A Free Day*, BBC Radio n'afọ 2007 
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**Egwuregwu nke onyonyo** 

** *Leaving on Your Mind*, quarter-finalist for the American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition n'afọ 2009
** *Valid*, finalist for the WeScreenPlay Diverse Voices Lab n'afọ 2019
** *Valid*, finalist for the American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition n'afọ 2020

## Ihe onyinye na njirimara

*  Macmillan Writers Prize For Africa, n'afọ 2002 
* Onye nke abụọ na BBC African Performance, n'afọ 2002 
* Onye nke atọ na Zoetrope Short Fiction Contest, n'afọ 2002 

* Onye nke izizi na Red Hen Press Short Story Award, nafọ 2003 

*  *Glimmer Train* 's very short Fiction Award, n'afọ 2003 
* Onye nke abụọ na BBC African Performance, n'afọ 2004 

* Onye nke mbụ na PEN International David TK Wong, n'afọ 2005 
* Caine Prize maka African Writing, n'afọ 2006 
* Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa n'afọ 2006 
*  Noma Award for Publishing in Africa n'afọ 2009

**Onye edemede nleta** 

** University of Southern Mississippi n'afọ 2006
** 2008:  Northwestern University n'afọ 2008
** 2010: Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon n'afọ 2010 

Atta sọ na ndị kara ikpe maka Neustadt International Prize for Literature, n'afọ 2010 ma bia bụrụ nnukwu ọka ikpe n'afọ 2019 maka Caine Prize for African Writing. . 

Nnyocha dị omimi banyere ọrụ ya, *Writing Contemporary Nigeria: Ka Sefi Atta si kọpụta omenaala na ọdịnaala bụ nke*  Prọfesọ Walter P. Collins, III haziri ka ndị  Cambria Press ebipụtara n'afọ 2015. . 

## Nsinweta

Òtù:Mmadụ ndi di ndụ
Otú:Ụmụ nwanyị Naijiria gụrụ akwụkwọ
Otú:Ụmụ nwanyị Naijiria