Nigeria Prize for Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (2013) Winner
Tade Ipadeola
タデ・イパデオラ
Tade Ipadeola
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1970-09-01 （Fiditi, Oyo State）
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Languages
- English, Yoruba
- Residence History
- Ibadan → Fiditi → Ile-Ife
Career
- Occupations
- poet, lawyer
- Active Years
- 1990-2024
- Affiliations
- PEN Nigeria Centre
- Memberships
- PEN Nigeria Centre
- Influenced By
- J. P. Clark, Christopher Okigbo, Daniel Fagunwa, W. H. Auden
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obafemi Awolowo University | — | Law | Law | 1989-1991 | Nigeria |
Obafemi Awolowo University
Law
Degree:
Law
Period:
1989-1991
Year of Graduation:
1991
Country:
Nigeria
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Nigeria Prize for Literature | The Sahara Testaments | — | Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) | winner |
| 2009 | Delphic Laurel in Poetry | Songbird | — | Delphic Games | winner |
Nigeria Prize for Literature
2013
Work:
The Sahara Testaments
Organization:
Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG)
Result:
winner
Delphic Laurel in Poetry
2009
Work:
Songbird
Organization:
Delphic Games
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Sahara Testaments
2012 poetryA sequence of one-thousand quatrains on the nuances of the Sahara, using it as a metonymy for problems of Africa and humanity.
SaharaAfricahumanitysatire
A Rain Fardel
2005 poetryA Time of Signs
2000 poetryFirst collection
1996 poetryTranslations by Author
- Aditu (The Divine Cryptograph)
- Ireke Onibudo (The Pleasant Potentate of Ibudo)
- Lamilami (Paid on Both Sides)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- discipline, consistency, patience in poetryblending of sound and sense
- Recurring Motifs
- SaharaAfrican satire
Legacy
Winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature, the biggest literary prize in Africa. President of PEN Nigeria Centre.
Quotes
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Remember that poetry is like a baby. If you force it to come to this world before term, you have [a] premature [birth] and you have problems...
Source: Interview (2010) -
I want to promote a legislation that a poem a day be read at every school assembly...
Source: Interview (2014) -
It is an odd phenomenon in human nature that those who were recipients of human kindness when it mattered most sometimes become the most virulent misanthropes.
Source: Interview (2013)
Trivia
- Planned to use the $100,000 prize to build a library in Ibadan.