Caine Prize for African Writing
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (2013) Winner
Tope Folarin
トペ・フォラリン
Tope Folarin
Aliases:
Oluwabusayo Temitope Folarin
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1981 （Ogden, Utah, U.S.）
- Nationality
- Nigeria, United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Ogden, Utah (birth) → Grand Prairie, Texas (childhood) → Washington, D.C. (current)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, executive director
- Active Years
- 2004-2024
- Affiliations
- Hurston/Wright Foundation (board), Institute for Policy Studies (executive director)
- Nominations
- 2016 Caine Prize shortlist (Genesis)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morehouse College | — | — | BA | 交換留学後修了 | United States |
| Bates College | — | — | — | 交換留学（1.5年） | United States |
| University of Cape Town | — | — | — | 交換留学 | South Africa |
| Harris Manchester College, Oxford | — | African Studies / Comparative Social Policy | MSc | — | United Kingdom |
Morehouse College
Degree:
BA
Period:
交換留学後修了
Year of Graduation:
2004
Country:
United States
Rhodes Scholar to Oxford
Bates College
Period:
交換留学（1.5年）
Country:
United States
Maine (exchange)
University of Cape Town
Period:
交換留学
Country:
South Africa
exchange
Harris Manchester College, Oxford
African Studies / Comparative Social Policy
Degree:
MSc
Year of Graduation:
2006
Country:
United Kingdom
M.Sc. in African Studies and M.Sc. in Comparative Social Policy
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Caine Prize | Miracle | — | Caine Prize for African Writing | winner |
| 2021 | Whiting Award for Fiction | A Particular Kind of Black Man | Fiction | Whiting Foundation | winner |
Caine Prize
2013
Work:
Miracle
Organization:
Caine Prize for African Writing
Result:
winner
Whiting Award for Fiction
2021
Work:
A Particular Kind of Black Man
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 36 (2021) Winner
Works
Major Works
A Particular Kind of Black Man
2019 novelA Nigerian family new to America tries to assimilate.
immigrationidentityfamily
Miracle
2012 short storySet in a Nigerian evangelical church in Texas.
faithmiraclediaspora
Genesis
2014 short storyThe Summer of Ice Cream
2014 short storyNew Mom
2014 short storyBibliography
- A Particular Kind of Black Man (2019)
- Miracle (2012)
- The Summer of Ice Cream (2014)
- New Mom (2014)
- Genesis (2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realistic prosediaspora narratives
- Recurring Motifs
- Nigerian diaspora identityfaith and miraclesimmigrant experience
Legacy
Recognized for winning the Caine Prize, contributing to Nigerian-American diaspora literature.
Quotes
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I'm a writer situated in the Nigerian diaspora, and the Caine Prize means a lot – it feels like I'm connected to a long tradition of African writers.
Source: The Guardian (2013)
Trivia
- First Caine Prize winner based outside Africa.
- Rhodes Scholar.