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
- "Red" in Book: A Memory This Size and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2013. Jakana Media. 2013. 9781431408382.
- "My big toe", in Book: Summoning the Rains. Hilda . Twongyeirwe. Hilda Twongyeirwe. Ellen Banda-Aaku. Femrite Publications. 2012. 9789970700257.
- "Where pumpkin leaves dwell"
- "Getting nowhere" in The Suubi Collection (2013)
Poetry
- "Soft Tonight", in Book: A thousand voices rising: An anthology of contemporary African poetry. Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva. BN Poetry Foundation. 2014. 978-9970-9234-0-3.
- "Soft Tonight", in Book: Talking Tales . Violet Barungi . Violet Barungi . Femrite Publications. 2009. 9789970700219.
- "Born in these Times" in Bakwa, 2013
- "The eye of poetry" in The Suubi Collection (2013)
- "Fresh Coat of Paint" in the revelatormagazine
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Books they read: Liliam A. Aujo- writer. Beatrice Lamwaka. Beatrice. Lamwaka. Monitor. 25 February 2012. 27 February 2015.
- Web site: The Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award. Beverley . Nambozo Nsengiyunva. monpimon.wordpress.com. 6 May 2013. 6 July 2022.
- 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.
- Web site: Uganda Ignites in Poetry Passion. 27 February 2015.
- Web site: Longlist for the Inaugural Jalada Prize for Literature. Jalada . 5 April 2015. 6 July 2022.
- Web site: The Jalada Prize. 6 July 2022.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Web site: Caine prize anthology launched. Dennis D. . Muhumuza. Daily Monitor. 27 April 2013. 27 February 2015.
- Web site: Summoning the Rains: African women on patriarchy. Serubiri. Moses. Start Journal . Kampala Arts Trust. 2 July 2012. 27 February 2015.