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Tolu Oloruntoba

トゥル・オロルントバ

Tolu Oloruntoba

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Ibadan, Nigeria
Nationality
Nigeria, Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
Ibadan, Nigeria → British Columbia, Canada

Career

Occupations
poet, physician, manager of virtual health projects
Active Years
2020-2024
Nominations
shortlisted for the bpNichol Chapbook Award (Manubrium)

Awards

Governor General's Award for English-language poetry
2021
Work: The Junta of Happenstance
Organization: Governor General of Canada
Result: winner
Griffin Poetry Prize
2022
Work: The Junta of Happenstance
Organization: Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Governor General's Awards 1 appearances
  1. Edition 86 (2021) Winner
    Work: The Junta of Happenstance

    "Personal, primordial, and pulsing with syncopated language, Tolu Oloruntoba's poetic debut, The Junta of Happenstance, is a compendium of dis-ease.

    "Personal, primordial, and pulsing with syncopated language, Tolu Oloruntoba's poetic debut, The Junta of Happenstance, is a compendium of dis-ease.

    80 pages

Works

Major Works

The Junta of Happenstance

2021 poetry collection

Manubrium

2020 poetry chapbook

Legacy

Nigerian-Canadian poet whose debut collection won the Governor General's Award and Griffin Poetry Prize.