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Past Winners

The Nigeria Prize for Literature

Winners at the Glance


Year	Genre	Winner	Author	Profile
2022	Poetry	Nomad	Romeo Oriogun	Click here
2021	Prose	The Son of the House	Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia	Click here
2019	Children’s Literature	Boom Boom	Jude Idada	Click here
2018	Drama	Embers	Soji Cole	Click here
2017	Poetry	The Heresaid	Ikeogu Oke	Click here
2016	Prose	Season of Crimson Blossoms	Abubakar A Ibrahim	Click here
2015	Children’s Literature	No winner	No winner
2014	Drama	Iredi War	Prof Sam Ukala	Click here
2013	Poetry	The Sahara Testament	Tade Ipadeola	Click here
2012	Prose	On Black Sisters’ Street	Chika Unigwe	Click here
2011	Children’s Literature	The Missing Clock	Adeleke Adeyemi (Mai Nasara)	Click here
2010	Drama	Cemetery Road	Esiaba Irobi	Click here
2009	Poetry	No winner	No winner
2008	Prose	Yellow Yellow	Kaine Agari	Click here
2007	Children’s Literature	My Cousin Sammy and The Readers’ Theatre	Prof Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo and Chief Mabel Segun	Click here Click here
2006	Drama	Hard Ground	Dr. Ahmed Yerima	Click here
2005	Poetry	1. Chants of a Minstrel 2. The Dreamer, His Vision	1. Prof Ezenwa Ohaeto 2. Dr. Gabriel Okara	Click here Click here
2004	Prose Fiction	No Winner	No Winner

Profile of The Winners

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