Pemi Aguda Explained

Pemi Aguda
Birth Place:Nigeria
Education:University of Michigan MFA
Known For:Writing
Awards:Writivism Short Story Prize

Pemi Aguda is a Nigerian writer, architect, and podcast host. She won the 2020 Deborah Rogers Foundation Award.[1] [2] [3]

Early life and career

Pemi Aguda was born in Nigeria and lives in Lagos, where she works as an architect. Aguda won the 2015 Writivism Short Story Prize and was the first recipient of the first Writivism Stellenbosch University writing residency.[4] [5] Her stories are published in Omenana Magazine, Saraba, The Kalahari Review, Black Fox Literary Magazine, The Wrong Quarterly and in Prufrock Magazine. Her work also appears in short story anthologies. In 2019 Aguda became a scholarship recipient of the Juniper institute and the 2019 Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship.[6] [7] [8] [9]

Bibliography

Novels

Short stories

Anthologies

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pemi Aguda Wins 2020 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award. 18 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Pemi Aguda wins UK's Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award 2020. Writing Africa. James. Murua. James Murua. 12 May 2020.
  3. Web site: Home . deborahrogersfoundation.org.
  4. Web site: Miscellaneous . Interview - Pemi Aguda - Winner of the 2015 Writivism Short Story Competition . Brittle Paper . 2015-07-15 . 2019-10-06.
  5. Web site: Pemi Aguda is first Writivism Stellenbosch University writing residency recipient . Writing Africa. James. Murua. 2016-03-31 . 2024-05-11.
  6. Web site: Umesi . Afoma . Nigerian writer, 'Pemi Aguda, on the life-changing effect of books. . Afoma Umesi . 2017-07-21 . 2019-10-06.
  7. Web site: Zadok . Rachel . '...write, despite the convenient excuse of 'life'.' An Interview with Pemi Aguda. . Short Story Day Africa . 2015-07-15 . 2019-10-06.
  8. Web site: Ryman . About Geoff . 'Pemi Aguda . Strange Horizons . 2018-04-27 . 2019-10-06.
  9. Web site: Emelife . Jennifer . WRITIVISM2015: Pemi Aguda Speaks . Praxis Magazine for Arts & Literature . 2015-07-12 . 2019-10-06.