Lillian Aujo Explained

Birth Name:Lilian Akampurira Aujo
Birth Place:Uganda
Occupation:writer
Nationality:Ugandan
Genre:Fiction, poetry

Lillian Aujo is a Ugandan author.[1] In 2009, she was the winner of the Babishai Niwe (BN) Poetry Foundation's inaugural BN poetry prize.[2] [3] [4] In 2015, she was longlisted for,[5] and won the Inaugural Jalada Prize for Literature for her story "Where pumpkin leaves dwell".[6]

Writing

Aujo is a member of Femrite. Her works "The Eye of Poetry" and "Getting Nowhere" were published in Suubi, a publication of the African Writers Trust.[7] She attended the Caine Prize workshop 2013,[8] [9] and her story "Red" was published in the anthology A Memory This Size and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2013.[10] Her work has appeared in anthologies by Femrite, "Talking tales" and "Summoning the rains".[11]

Published works

Short stories

Poetry

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Books they read: Liliam A. Aujo- writer. Beatrice Lamwaka. Beatrice. Lamwaka. Monitor. 25 February 2012. 27 February 2015.
  2. Web site: The Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award. Beverley . Nambozo Nsengiyunva. monpimon.wordpress.com. 6 May 2013. 6 July 2022.
  3. Web site: The Babishai-Niwe Poetry Award Turns 10: Photos & Report from the Celebration. Otosirieze . Obi-Young. Otosirieze Obi-Young. 6 May 2019. Brittle Paper. 6 July 2022.
  4. Web site: Uganda Ignites in Poetry Passion. 27 February 2015.
  5. Web site: Longlist for the Inaugural Jalada Prize for Literature. Jalada . 5 April 2015. 6 July 2022.
  6. Web site: The Jalada Prize. 6 July 2022.
  7. Web site: Mildred . Barya. Mildred Barya. Review of Lillian A. Aujo’s "The Eye of Poetry" and "Getting Nowhere" published in Suubi. African Writers Trust. 14 April 2013. 27 February 2015.
  8. Web site: Creative minds assemble by Lake Victoria: reflections on the 2013 Caine Prize workshop, by Lizzy Attree. Caine Prize. 11 February 2014. 27 February 2015.
  9. Web site: Abubakar Adam Ibrahim. Abubakar Adam . Ibrahim. Ten Days at the Caine Prize Writing Workshop. Moonchild's Temple. 12 May 2013. 27 February 2015.
  10. Web site: Caine prize anthology launched. Dennis D. . Muhumuza. Daily Monitor. 27 April 2013. 27 February 2015.
  11. Web site: Summoning the Rains: African women on patriarchy. Serubiri. Moses. Start Journal . Kampala Arts Trust. 2 July 2012. 27 February 2015.