Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 37 (2022) Winner
Nana Nkweti
ナナ・ンクウェティ
Nana Nkweti
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- American, Cameroonian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cameroon → United States
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
- Active Years
- 2021-
- Affiliations
- University of Alabama
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers University | — | Political Science | BA | — | United States |
| Iowa Writers' Workshop | — | Creative Writing | — | — | United States |
| University of Alabama | — | Department of English | — | — | United States |
Rutgers University
Political Science
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Creative Writing
Country:
United States
Attended
University of Alabama
Department of English
Country:
United States
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Whiting Award | Walking on Cowry Shells | — | Whiting Foundation | Winner |
Whiting Award
2022
Work:
Walking on Cowry Shells
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Walking on Cowry Shells
2021 FictionA raucous and impressive debut collection of original stories ranging from laugh-out-loud funny to heartbreaking, featuring Cameroonians at home and in America.
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Bibliography
- Walking on Cowry Shells (Graywolf, 2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- linguistic pole vaultergenre-bendingsubverts expectations
- Recurring Motifs
- zombie storiesfairy talesconfessionalCameroonian-American experiences
Legacy
Acclaimed emerging writer whose debut collection won the Whiting Award, praised for linguistic mastery, genre subversion, and vivid portrayal of plural African-American experiences.
In Popular Culture
- Made television writing debut on 'Gone' episode of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.
Quotes
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a linguistic pole vaulter
Source: NPR (2021) -
raucous and thoroughly impressive debut with utterly original stories that range from laugh-out-loud funny to heartbreaking.
Source: The New York Times Book Review (2021)
Trivia
- Won Whiting Award with debut collection.
- Alumna of Iowa Writers' Workshop.
- Wrote for The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.