Caine Prize for African Writing
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2005) Winner
Segun Afolabi
セグン・アフォラビ
Segun Afolabi
Aliases:
S. A. Afolabi
Pen Names:
S. A. Afolabi（Used in short fiction and public listings）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1966-01-01 （Kaduna, Nigeria）
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Various countries in Africa (childhood onward) → Various countries in Asia (family relocations) → Various countries in Europe (family relocations) → Various countries in North America (family relocations)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Influenced By
- His father's diplomatic career and a peripatetic childhood, Cross-cultural experiences and themes of migration
- Nominations
- Shortlisted for the 2015 Caine Prize
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Caine Prize | "Monday Morning" | — | Caine Prize organization | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Authors' Club Best First Novel Award | Goodbye Lucille | — | Authors' Club | 受賞 |
Caine Prize
2005
Work:
"Monday Morning"
Organization:
Caine Prize organization
Result:
受賞
Authors' Club Best First Novel Award
2007
Work:
Goodbye Lucille
Organization:
Authors' Club
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Monday Morning
2004 short storyA short story first published in Wasafiri exploring movement and belonging, refuge and protection; through the protagonist's perspective it depicts global alienation and fragments of human relationships.
movementrefuge/refugeesidentity
Goodbye Lucille
2007 novelHis first novel, a story centered on personal memory and movement, rupture and renewal in relationships, with intersecting pasts and presents of the protagonists. Winner of the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award.
memorymigrationfamily relationships
Bibliography
- "Monday Morning" (short story, Wasafiri, 2004)
- Goodbye Lucille (novel, 2007)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- restrained narrationmobile perspectivesglobal sensibility
- Recurring Motifs
- travel and migrationfamily and rootsalienation
Legacy
Through winning the Caine Prize and a best first novel award, he has strengthened narratives of migration and movement in Anglophone African literature. His peripatetic upbringing as a diplomat's son is reflected in his work, earning him recognition as an international short- and long-form writer.
Trivia
- His father was a career diplomat; he moved frequently with his family during childhood.
- Won the 2005 Caine Prize for the short story "Monday Morning".