Chigozie Obioma

A Chigozie Obioma (tõnd sẽn boond t'a Obioma) dogla Akure, Nizɛɛr tẽnga. A yaa seb-biis a tãabo: "Tõnd zĩm-biisã" (2015), "Tõnda sull sẽn yaa sull a yembr" (2019) la "Tõnga sẽn kẽed ne tẽn-tẽngã" (2024). B sẽn boond tɩ "Rɩtbã ne sull a yembr sẽn get neb nins sẽn pa be tũudum hakɩkã pʋgẽ" wã ra yaa Booker sebrã pʋɩɩb n paam n lebg b rãmb buud-goam a 30. A paama sebr ning b sẽn boond tɩ LA Times sebrã, Internationaler Literaturpris, FT/Oppenheimer sebr ning b boond tɩ fiction wã, NAACP Image sebr ning b ning sẽn boond tɩ NAACP wã la a paam n yãk n kõ tus a yiib sẽn boond tɩ fication wã. A paama a yʋʋr sẽn boond t'a yaa b sẽn boond tɩ "Foreign Policy" sẽn boond tɩ Global Thinkers 100 yʋʋm 2015 wã sʋka, la NewAfrican Magazine sẽn boond t"Africa rãmb sẽn tar pãng n yɩɩd b taabã" yʋʋm 2015 la 2024 wã sʋka. A yɩɩ Booker kũun bʋ-kaood yʋʋm 2021. A tʋʋmã n zĩnd New York Times, Guardian, Financial Times, Paris Review, Granta, la zĩis a taab pʋsẽ. A tãabã, a sẽn boond t'a "Tõnd n kẽng tẽng" wã, sẽn yi yʋʋmd 2024 wã, a paama a Joyce Carol Oates Award ning sẽn kõd nebã. A yaa karen-bi-bi-pugl sẽn boond t'a Helen S. Lanier sẽn zãmsd naan gʋlsr la sẽn zãmsd Inglizã Jaouri wã, la a yaa program taoor soaba Oxbelly Fiction Writers retreat wã pʋgẽ.

## A VIIM SINGRE
A Obioma rogame yʋʋmd 1986 n be zak pʋgẽ, a sẽn tar kamb 12 - saam-biis a yopoe la saam-bi-poak a naase - Akure, Nizɛɛr soolmã sẽn be zĩ-wũdgẽ wã,  la a bɩɩ-a n gomd Yoruba, Igbo la Ingliz goama.  

A sẽn wa n yaa bi-bɩɩgẽ wã, a ra nonga Gɛrk nebã la b ra nonga b sẽn gʋlsd sebr a Shakespeare, a John Milton la a John Bunyan. A Wole Soyinka sẽn gʋlsd a "Bãag a Jero" wã, a "African Night's Entertainment" ning a Ekwensi sẽn gʋlsd, a Camara Laye sẽn gʋlsd "The African Child" ning a sẽn gʋlsd la a D. O. Fagunwa sẽn gʋlsd yaa "Ogbójú Ọdẹ nínú Igbó Irúnmalẹ̀" ning a karemd a sẽn gʋls ne a sẽn lebg n lebg n lebg a soabã. 

## A KAORENGO
A Obioma paama a Omi's Ledig House yʋʋm 2012, la a paama a Master of Fine Arts sẽn kẽed ne naan gʋlsrã Michigan Yuniõrẽ, zĩig ning a sẽn paam Hopwood Award wã pʋgẽ, a sẽn paam n kõ-a seb-vẽkrã (2013) la seb-vẽnegrã (2014).

## A TUUMA LA A YEI TAABA
Yʋʋmd 2020 yʋʋm-rɩt kiuugã, a Obioma paama Booker ning sẽn kõ-a yʋʋm 2021 wã bʋ-kaoodb.   

A yɩɩ Englisã karẽn-biis karen-bi-bi-poak a James E. Ryan sẽn be Nebraska-Lincoln karẽn-biigã pʋgẽ.  

Yʋʋmd 2023 wã, a Obioma wilgame tɩ b na n maana Oxbelly Writers Retreat, sẽn yaa gʋlsdb sẽn na n paam n paam n yã b sẽn maand to-to wã. A Obioma sẽn da wa n naan wa n kõ-b la b na n yã b sɛbã.

## A GULSGO

### [THE FISHMEN]
A Obioma baas n gʋlsa a pipi noora, "Rɩtbã" sẽn da yaa a sẽn da be Ledig House wã yʋʋmd 2012 wã. B yiis-a-la yʋʋmd 2015 wã, la a paama waoogre. A paama seb-kãngã sẽn yaa New York Times Sunday Book Review Notable Book yʋʋm 2015 pʋgẽ,  la New York Times Sande Book Review Editor's Choice,  la seb-kãngã n yɩɩ seb-sõng yʋʋm 2015 pʋgẽ ne The Observer (UK),  The Economist,  The Financial Times,  The Wall Street Journal,  Apple/iBook, Book Riot,  Minnesota Star Tribune,  NPR, Library Journal, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, New Zealand Listener, Relevant Magazine, British GQ, la neb a taab.Sẽn paase, b yãka "The Fishermen" tɩ b lebg b "Buku" sẽn yaa seb-vẽk kiuugã pipi yʋʋm tus a nu la a yiib la a yiib n zĩnd yʋʋm tus a yiibu wã pʋgẽ.

A paama kũun wʋsg: FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author, Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction,  Nebraska Book Award for Fiction 2016, la Earphones Award for The Audiobook of The Fishermen.  

A Obioma yeelame tɩ sẽn paas t'a yaa a saam-bi-pogs waoogr yĩnga, noobã ratame n "na n maan Nizɛɛr sẽn yaa bũmb sẽn tar yõod wʋsg a vɩɩmã pʋgẽ (saasẽ wã, 1993 wã na-kẽndre) la a maan woto n sãam la a yãg noob nins sẽn ket n gɩdg tẽngã taoor kẽnd hal rũndã".  A sɩng n gʋlsa noobã yʋʋmd 2009, a sẽn da be Sɩpr n na n tõog n paam a diplôme wã Sɩpr tẽn-tẽngã zugẽ,  la a paam n yɩɩ a karen-bi-bi-kãsengã zĩigẽ.  A sẽn wa n na n gʋls-a wã, a ra tagsdame t'a ba wã sũur yɩɩ noog ne a ba wã sẽn da nong a ba-bi-pogs a yiibã sẽn da yaa kom-bɩɩse. A Obioma sẽn wa n sɩng n tagsd bũmb ning sẽn tõe n wa paam-a wakat kãnga yelle, a ra tagsdame t'a yaa Agwu zakã neba. Rẽ poore, a kɩtame tɩ Abulu yɩ saam-bi-taasã sʋka.A Obioma ra ratame tɩ noobã gom Nizɛɛrã siglgã politikã yelle: bãngd-rãmbã yaa Brãsẽ-rãmbã, la neb nins sẽn paam-b la b yã wã yaa Nizɛɛr nebã (rɩk-rãmb a tãab sẽn be taab n naan naan naan naan maan buud a ye).

#### ''An Orchestra of Minorities''
A Little, Brown and Company yiisga a Obioma sebr a yiib-n-soabã sẽn da yaa la a ra gũud tɩ b na n yiis-a wã, a sẽn boond tɩ A Orchestra of Minorities wã, yʋʋmd 2019 yʋʋm-vẽk kiuugã pʋgẽ.  A Obioma sẽn zãms tẽn-zẽng Kibr rɩtgẽ wã, a "Minorities Orchestra" wilgda Nigeri wã piisã sẽn yaa ned sẽn yãk yam n na n paam ligd n wilg t'a sɩd zems ne pag ning a sẽn nongã, n kẽng Kibr rɩtaagẽ wã, zĩig ning b sẽn yã rasismã la b sẽn belg-a ne nin-tɩrs sẽn yaa wẽnsã.   A Obioma sẽn da wa n be Sɩprã, a ra yaa a zoa a Jay n paam t'a ra kiid a sẽn da tar n na n paam n paam n kʋ a karen-biisã ligd n bas-a.  

B ra gʋlsda no-rɛɛsã ne E! A sẽn da na n yãk-a n yɩ New York Times sɛba taoor soaba, a wilga a sẽn tõe n karem sebrã to-to yʋʋm 2020 wã pʋgẽ. A yɩɩ yʋʋmd 2019 sebr sẽn yaa sõma n yɩɩdã me, BBC, Houston Chronicle, Financial Times, TIME, Amazon.com, Publishers Weekly, Minnesota Star Tribune, Waterstones, ChannelsTV, Columbia Tribune, New York Library, Manchester Union, la Brittlepaper sẽn yãkã.

##### ''An Orchestra of Minorities''
Yaa sõor sebr sẽn gomd Nigeri zabrã sẽn zĩnd yʋʋmd 1967-1970 wã yelle. A Hutchinson Heinemann sẽn yiis-a Etazĩni la a Hogarth sẽn yiis-b Etazĩni wã. A gomda zabr, saam-bi-poak la nonglem yelle. A Kunle sẽn be Nizɛɛr soolmã westi wã, a yãame t'a kẽnga zabr pʋgẽ, t'a sẽn na n bao a ba-biig a Tunde wã, a kẽnda n bao-a lame. B goma koe-kãngã ne bãngd sẽn togsd zabrã la zabã yelle, la a yeel tɩ Kunle yaa "ned sẽn na n ki n vʋʋge".

"Tõnd sẽn karem-a wã wilgda nebã sẽn pa wʋmd a Zeova võor sõma, la a kɩtdame tɩ b bãngd bũmb nins sẽn be dũniyã zugã. A gomda nin-buiidã sẽn da kiid zabrã yelle. A gomda neb nins sẽn ki zabr pʋgẽ wã yelle. A wilgda nin-kãensã sẽn ki zabrã yelle, n kɩt tɩ b wʋmd nin-buiidã goam sẽn yaa woto wã.

"Bũmb nins fãa sẽn maan to-to wã kɩtame tɩ m tõe n yeel tɩ Biafra zabrã yel-beedã paama a sẽn yaa to-to. La sẽn yɩɩd tẽns nins sẽn paam bãaga wã, sebr ning sẽn boond tɩ "Tõnd sẽn na n kẽng tẽngẽ" wã tẽegda tõnd tɩ zabrã pa maand ne sodaas sẽn pa maand ne koom-koɛɛg ye, la yaa ne nebã sẽn yãgd taab n yãgd taaba, n kʋʋd neb sẽn pa tar bʋʋm". - Jon Domini, Brooklyn Rail.

"Tõnd sẽn get tẽngã yell yaa kaset sẽn wilgd tɩ kibarã yõod yaa wʋsgo. A wilgda bũmb nins d sẽn maand d sẽn deng n yã wã, la bũmb nins d mengã sẽn maand d mens yĩng la bũmb nins b sẽn bas tɩ d yã wã". - Marcie McCauley, ChicagoReviewofBooks.

"Bãngr ning sẽn boond tɩ "Tõnd sẽn kẽng tẽng" wã pʋgẽ, a tara sũ-sãang, sũ-yikri, saagre, la nonglem.

"A Chigozie Obioma sẽn gʋls a sebr ning sẽn yaa The Road to the Country wã pʋgẽ, a goma Nigeri zabrã sẽn zĩnd a soolmã sẽn be a soolmã rʋʋgẽ wã, n boond t'a Biafra wã yelle, yʋʋmd 1967-1970 wã.

###### A SEB SANA A SEN MOONE PASSE
A Obioma publisga sõss-n-mikã: sõss-no-kãsems sẽn yaa The Fishermen in Virginia Quarterly Review, "The Great Convert" sẽn be Transition magazine wã, "Midnight Sun" sẽn be New Statesman wã, la "The Strange Story of the World" sẽn be Granta.com wã. A publisga sõss-rãmb wʋsgo: "The Audacity of Prose" sẽn be The Millions pʋgẽ;"Teeth Marks: The Translator's Dilemma" sẽn be Poets & Writers pʋgẽ;"Finding The Light Under The Bushel: How One Writer Came to Love Books" sẽn be New York Times pʋgẽ; la "The Ghosts of My Student Years in Northern Cyprus", "Lagos sẽn na n yɩ to-to n paas n paas yʋʋm 15 pʋgẽ: wãn to la m tẽngã na n tõog n tõog n zab ne?", "Africa Been Failed By Westernization", "Life-Saving Optimism: What the West Can Learn From Africa", la "Toni Morrison: Farewell to America's Greatest Writer" sẽn be ne The Guardian wã pʋgẽ.

A BIBILOGRAFI

* *The Fishermen* (2015)
* *An Orchestra of Minorities* (2019)
* *The Road to the Country* (2024)

## A KUUNA LA A WAOGRE
Yʋʋmd 2015 wã, b sẽn yiis seb-kãngã pʋgẽ, b bool-a lame t'a "Chinua Achebe pʋɩɩr".  Yʋʋmd kãng menga, Foreign Policy seb-kãngã kɩtame t'a lebg "Globall tagsdb 100" sʋka. 

 The Road to the Country is longlisted for the Dublin Literary prize 2025

**<big>·</big>**   The Road to the Country is longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates prize 2025

N YA *Orchestra of Minorities*:

* Joint winner, Internationaler Literaturpreis
* Finalist, 2019 Man Booker Prize
* Finalist, Digital Book World Awards 2019
* Finalist, Kulturhuset Internationella Pris for Best Translated Fiction
* Finalist, La sélection du prix du livre étranger JDD/France Inter 2020

N YA  *Fishermen*:

* Winner, FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award
* Winner, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
* Winner, *Los Angeles Times* Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction
* Winner, Nebraska Book Award For Fiction 2016
* Winner, Earphones Award for the Audiobook of *The Fishermen*
* Finalist, 2015 Man Booker Prize
* Shortlisted in the *Belles-Lettres* Category of the Grand Prix of Literary Associations 2016
* Finalist, Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
* Finalist, Edinburgh Festival First Book Award
* Finalist, *The Guardian* First Book Award
* Finalist, British Book Industry Award for Best Debut Fiction
* Finalist, Best Debut Goodreads Author Award
* Longlisted, International Dylan Thomas Prize

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