Tope Folarin
| Tope Folarin | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
Oluwabusayo Temitope Folarin Ogden, Utah |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | Nigerian |
| Alma mater |
Morehouse College; University of Oxford |
| Notable awards | Caine Prize |
Tope Folarin, (Oluwabusayo Temitope Folarin) is a Nigerian writer. He won the 2013 Caine Prize.[1] In April 2014 he was named in the Hay Festival's Africa39 project as one of the 39 Sub-Saharan African writers aged under 40 with the potential and the talent to define the trends of the region.[2]
Life
Folarin was born in Ogden, Utah. He grew up in Grand Prairie, Texas.[3] He graduated from Morehouse College in 2004, with a B.A., and from the University of Oxford in 2006, with an M.Sc. He was a Rhodes Scholar.[4]
He is on the board of the Hurston/Wright Foundation.[5] He lives in Washington, D.C.[6]
References
- ↑ "Tope Folarin wins fourteenth Caine Prize for African Writing", The Caine Prize.
- ↑ Africa39 list of artists, Hay Festival.
- ↑ Krissah Thompson, "Tope Folarin finds his place in the literary world", Washington Post, 24 July 2013.
- ↑ "Black Students Awarded Rhodes Scholarship", Jet, 5 January 2004.
- ↑ Liz Bury, "Caine prize won by Tope Folarin's 'utterly compelling' short story", The Guardian, 9 July 2013.
- ↑ Charlotte Lytton, "Nigerian Tope Folarin wins Caine Prize for tale of deceit in Texas church", CNN, 9 July 2013.
External links
- "Tope Folarin". How Rhodes Scholars Think.
- Carolyn Kellogg, "Nigerian American Tope Folarin takes Caine Prize for African lit", Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2013.
- Dan Raymond-Barker, "Tope Folarin wins 2013 Caine Prize", New Internationalist, 9 July 2013.
- Gbemisola Abiola, "‘Deliver us from Evil’: A Review of Tope Folarin’s ‘Miracle’", Africa in Words, 31 May 2013.
- "Tope Folarin wins 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing", The Nation, 8 July 2013.