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Mabel Segun

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Mabel Segun

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1930-02-13 (Ondo City)
Died
2025-03-06 age 95
Nationality
Nigeria
Languages
English
Residence History
Ondo City → Lagos → Ibadan

Career

Occupations
Poet, Playwright, Children's writer, Broadcaster, Teacher, Sportswoman
Active Years
1953-2025
Affiliations
Children's Literature Association of Nigeria, Association of Nigerian Authors, Children's Documentation and Research Centre
Memberships
Association of Nigerian Authors (founding member), Fellow of the International Youth Library

Education

University of Ibadan
English, Latin and History
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 1953
Country: Nigeria
CMS Girls' School Lagos
Country: Nigeria
Secondary school

Awards

Nigeria Prize for Literature
2007
Organization: LNG
Result: 受賞
Nigerian National Order of Merit Award (NNOM)
2009
Organization: Government of Nigeria
Result: 受賞
Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation Artiste of the Year
1977
Organization: Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

My Father's Daughter

1965 Autobiographical novel

Autobiographical novel about her relationship with her father, widely used as school literature.

FamilyIdentity
Translations
  • German, Danish, Norwegian, Greek

Bibliography

  • My Father's Daughter (1965)
  • Under the Mango Tree (1979)
  • Youth Day Parade (1984)
  • Olu and the Broken Statue (1985)
  • Sorry, No Vacancy (1985)
  • Conflict and Other Poems (1986)
  • My Mother's Daughter (1986)
  • Ping-Pong: Twenty-Five Years of Table Tennis (1989)
  • The First Corn (1989)
  • The Twins and the Tree Spirits (1990)
  • The Surrender and Other Stories (1995)
  • Readers' Theatre: Twelve Plays for Young People (2006)
  • Rhapsody: A Celebration of Nigerian Cooking and Food Culture (2007)

Translations of Works

  • Translations into German, Danish, Norwegian, Greek

Legacy

Pioneered children's literature in Nigeria, founding associations and research centers. Received lifetime achievement awards.

In Popular Culture

  • Mabel Segun Literary Society founded in 2015

Trivia

  • Authored a book on table tennis
  • Sportswoman in table tennis
  • Known as the matriarch of Nigerian literature