The Donald Windham Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes
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Edition 10 (2022) Winner
Emmanuel Iduma
エマニュエル・イデュマ
Emmanuel Iduma
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1989-02-01 （Akure, Nigeria）
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Akure, Nigeria → New York City, United States
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Editor, Art critic, Instructor
- Active Years
- 2012-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obafemi Awolowo University | Faculty of Law | Department of Law | LL.B | 2006–2010 | Nigeria |
| School of Visual Arts | Graduate (MFA) | Art Criticism and Writing | MFA | 2014–2016 | United States |
Obafemi Awolowo University
Faculty of Law
/ Department of Law
Degree:
LL.B
Period:
2006–2010
Year of Graduation:
2010
Country:
Nigeria
Studied law (LL.B)
School of Visual Arts
Graduate (MFA)
/ Art Criticism and Writing
Degree:
MFA
Period:
2014–2016
Year of Graduation:
2016
Country:
United States
MFA in Art Writing and Criticism
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Irving Sandler Award for New Voices in Art Criticism | — | — | AICA-USA (International Association of Art Critics, USA) | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Windham–Campbell Prize (Nonfiction) | — | Nonfiction | Windham–Campbell Prizes (Yale-affiliated) | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Creative Capital / Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant | Series of essays on contemporary Nigerian artists | — | Creative Capital / Andy Warhol Foundation | 助成 |
| 2019 | RSL Ondaatje Prize (Longlisted) | A Stranger's Pose | — | Royal Society of Literature | ロングリスト |
| 2021 | Silvers Grant for Work in Progress | I Am Still With You (work in progress) | — | Silvers Grant | 助成 |
Irving Sandler Award for New Voices in Art Criticism
2019
Organization:
AICA-USA (International Association of Art Critics, USA)
Result:
受賞
Windham–Campbell Prize (Nonfiction)
2022
Category:
Nonfiction
Organization:
Windham–Campbell Prizes (Yale-affiliated)
Result:
受賞
Creative Capital / Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant
2017
Work:
Series of essays on contemporary Nigerian artists
Organization:
Creative Capital / Andy Warhol Foundation
Result:
助成
RSL Ondaatje Prize (Longlisted)
2019
Work:
A Stranger's Pose
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
ロングリスト
Silvers Grant for Work in Progress
2021
Work:
I Am Still With You (work in progress)
Organization:
Silvers Grant
Result:
助成
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Farad
2012 NovelIduma's debut novel, marked by a dreamlike and haunting prose that explores memory and identity.
memoryidentitydreamlike narrative
The Sound of Things to Come
2016 Novel (North American republication title)North American republication of Farad under a new title, preserving the novel's themes and voice.
memorymovementcultural inheritance
A Stranger's Pose
2018 Hybrid travelogue / memoir / photo-essayA hybrid of travelogue, memoir, poetry and photo-essay that foregrounds visual detail and intimate human connections, reshaping conventions about travel writing on Africa.
visualityjourneymelancholyhuman connection
I Am Still With You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance and History
2023 Memoir / family historyA memoir that examines the Nigerian civil war and family history, interrogating silence, inheritance and the overlap between personal and collective pasts.
war and memoryfamily inheritanceuncovering silence
Bibliography
- Farad (2012)
- Gambit: Newer African Writing (co-ed., The Mantle, 2016)
- A Stranger's Pose (2018)
- I Am Still With You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance and History (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Visually rich, poetic proseGenre-blending (travelogue/memoir/poetry/photo-essay)Quiet, melancholic tone
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and inheritancevisuality and photographymovement and belongingfamily stories
Legacy
Emmanuel Iduma has established a presence in contemporary African literature and art criticism through his visually oriented style and genre-crossing works. His awards and international recognition have helped elevate discourse around African art and narrative on the global stage.
Archives
- Yale LUX collection (related holdings)
- Registered in international authority files (VIAF, GND, etc.)
Quotes
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"Part travelogue, part memoir, part poetry collection, part photo essay."
Source: The Atlantic (review by Hannah Giorgis) (2018)
Trivia
- Married to novelist Ayobami Adebayo (married 2020).
- Named to Apollo magazine's '40 Under 40' in 2020.