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Cheluchi Onyemelukwe

チェルチ・オニェメルクウェ

Cheluchi Onyemelukwe

Aliases: Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
Nigeria
Nationality
Nigerian, Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Nigeria → Nova Scotia, Canada → Babcock University, Nigeria

Career

Occupations
Academic, Writer, Lawyer
Active Years
2016-
Affiliations
Babcock University
Nominations
Giller Prize 2021 nomination

Education

University of Nigeria
Faculty of Law
Degree: LLB
Country: Nigeria
First degree in Law
Dalhousie University
Law
Degree: Doctor of Juridical Science
Country: Canada

Awards

Nigeria Prize for Literature
2021
Work: The Son of the House
Category: Prose
Organization: Nigeria LNG
Result: won
SprinNG Women Authors Prize
2021
Work: The Son of the House
Result: won
Sharjah International Book Fair Best International Fiction
2019
Work: The Son of the House
Organization: Sharjah International Book Fair
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Son of the House

2019 Family saga

A family saga novel set in Nigeria.

FamilyIdentity
Translations
  • Translated into several languages

Bibliography

  • Health Research Governance in Africa (2017)
  • The Son of the House (2019)

Translations of Works

  • Translations of The Son of the House

Legacy

Nigerian-Canadian author and academic known for winning the Nigeria Prize for Literature.