Betty Trask Prize and Awards
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Edition 41 (2024) Winner
Stephen Buoro
すてぃーぶん・ぶおろ
Sutībun Buoro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1993 （Ososo, Nigeria）
- Nationality
- Nigerian
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Ososo, Nigeria → Kontagora, Nigeria → Norfolk, UK
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Mathematics Teacher
- Active Years
- 2023-
- Influenced By
- Chinua Achebe, Anthony Burgess, Junot Díaz, Fyodor Dostoevsky, J. D. Salinger
- Nominations
- Nero Book Awards Debut Fiction shortlist, Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction shortlist, Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist, Authors' Club Best First Novel Award longlist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of East Anglia | Faculty of Creative Writing | Creative and Critical Writing | MA | — | United Kingdom |
| University of East Anglia | Faculty of Creative Writing | Creative and Critical Writing | PhD | — | United Kingdom |
| Unspecified (Nigeria) | — | Mathematics | 学士 | — | Nigeria |
University of East Anglia
Faculty of Creative Writing
/ Creative and Critical Writing
Degree:
MA
Country:
United Kingdom
MA in Creative Writing
University of East Anglia
Faculty of Creative Writing
/ Creative and Critical Writing
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United Kingdom
PhD in Creative and Critical Writing
Unspecified (Nigeria)
Mathematics
Degree:
学士
Country:
Nigeria
First-class degree in mathematics
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award | Excerpt from The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa | 新人賞 | Deborah Rogers Foundation | 第2位 |
Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award
2020
Work:
Excerpt from The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa
Category:
新人賞
Organization:
Deborah Rogers Foundation
Result:
第2位
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa
2023 Literary fictionA bildungsroman following black teenager Andy Africa in Kontagora, northern Nigeria, blending Catholic themes with modern Nigerian life.
Coming-of-ageNigerian identityCatholicismRacism
Bibliography
- The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Boisterous sentencesIncantatory rhythmSingular prose
- Recurring Motifs
- Biblical imageryNorthern Nigerian lifeDuality
Legacy
Rising star in contemporary African literature, named one of the best new novelists of 2023 by The Guardian.
Trivia
- Learned to read at age eight.
- Began writing at eleven after father's death.
- Wrote novel on BlackBerry phone.
- Booker Prize Foundation Scholar.