Tope Folarin
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Tope Folarin, (Oluwabusayo Temitope Folarin) is a Nigerian writer. He won the 2013 Caine Prize.[1]
Life
He was born Ogden, Utah. He grew up in Grand Prairie, Texas.[2] He graduated from Morehouse College, in 2004, with a B.A., and from University of Oxford, in 2006, with an M.Sc. He was a Rhodes Scholar.[3]
He is on the board of the Hurston/Wright Foundation.[4] He lives in Washington, D.C.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.caineprize.com/news_2013_winner.php
- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/tope-folarin-finds-his-place-in-the-literary-world/2013/07/23/58156ab4-f314-11e2-8505-bf6f231e77b4_story.html
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=wLUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12&dq=Tope+Folarin&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ntraUva_Mum_sQTz-ICgCg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Tope%20Folarin&f=false
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/09/caine-prize-tope-folarin-african-writing
- ↑ http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/09/world/africa/folarin-wins-caine-prize/index.html
External links
- "Tope Folarin". How Rhodes Scholars Think.
- http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jul/09/entertainment/la-et-jc-nigerian-american-tope-folarin-takes-caine-prize-for-african-lit-20130709
- http://newint.org/blog/books/2013/07/09/caine-prize-2013-winner/
- http://africainwords.com/2013/05/31/deliver-us-from-evil-a-review-of-tope-folarins-miracle/
- http://thenationonlineng.net/new/tope-folarin-wins-2013-caine-prize-for-african-writing/
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