Helon Habila
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 Helon Habila, Göteborg 2010 |
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| Born | 1967 Kaltungo, Gombe State |
| Citizenship | Nigerian |
| Notable award(s) | 2001 Caine Prize |
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www.helonhabila.com |
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Helon Habila (born 1967) is a Nigerian novelist and poet. He won the Caine Prize for African fiction (short story) in 2001, and the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Best First Book, Africa Region) in 2003.
He studied at the University of Jos and at the University of East Anglia and now teaches creative writing at George Mason University, Washington D.C.[1][2]
Habila is a founding member and currently (as of 2011) serves on the advisory board of African Writers Trust,[3] "a non-profit entity which seeks to coordinate and bring together African writers in the Diaspora and writers on the continent to promote sharing of skills and other resources, and to foster knowledge and learning between the two groups."[4][5]
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[edit] Books
- Waiting for an Angel: A Novel, (2004) Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-101006-1
- New Writing 14, (2006) Granta Books. (co-edited with Lavinia Greenlaw).
- Measuring Time: A Novel, (2007) W. W. Norton, ISBN 0-393-05251-6 - reviewed at [1]
- Dreams, Miracles, and Jazz: An Anthology of New Africa Fiction, (2007), Pan Macmillan. (co-edited with Kadija George)
- Oil on Water: A Novel (2010) Hamish Hamilton, ISBN 978-0-241-14486-2
- The Granta Book of the African Short Story (2011) Granta, ISBN 1847082475; ISBN 978-1847082473
[edit] Further reading
- Writing Africa, panel held at Bard College with Chinua Achebe, Kofi Anyidoho, Emmanuel Dongala, Helon Habila and Caryl Phillips, 2006, accessed at [2]
[edit] References
- ^ International Herald Tribune
- ^ Helon Habila: In search of Africa's angels, The Independent, Feb 9, 2007
- ^ "Advisory Board." African Writers Trust. Retrieved August 24, 2011 from http://www.africanwriterstrust.org/advisory-board
- ^ "What is African Writers Trust?" African Writers Trust. Retrieved August 24, 2011 from http://www.africanwriterstrust.org
- ^ Lamwaka, Beatrice. "Goretti Kyomuhendo of African Writers Trust." May 22, 2011 Retrieved August 24, 2011 from http://afrolit.com/goretti-kyomuhendo-of-african-writers-trust/1220/l.aspx
