{"id":24189,"date":"2025-08-28T23:18:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenigeriaprizes.org\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=24189"},"modified":"2025-08-28T23:18:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:18:34","slug":"chigozie-obioma","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.thenigeriaprizes.org\/?profile=chigozie-obioma","title":{"rendered":"Chigozie Obioma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21299726 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21299726 BCX8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24178\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chigozie-Obioma.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chigozie-Obioma.jpeg 640w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chigozie-Obioma-300x258.jpeg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chigozie-Obioma-580x499.jpeg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21299726 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21299726 BCX8\">Chigozie Obioma\u202fwas born in Akure, Nigeria. His two <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21299726 BCX8\">previous<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21299726 BCX8\"> novels, The Fishermen and An Orchestra of Minorities, were both finalists for the Booker Prize. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21299726 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21299726 BCX8\">His novels have won the FT\/<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21299726 BCX8\">OppenheimerFunds<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21299726 BCX8\"> Emerging Voices Award for Fiction, an NAACP Image Award, and the Los Angeles Times Award for First Fiction, and have been nominated for many others. Together, they have been translated into thirty languages. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21299726 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21299726 BCX8\">He was named one of Foreign Policy\u2019s 100 Leading Global Thinkers. 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