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Two Nigerian authors, Oyinkan Braithwaite and Diana Evans. [PHOTO CREDIT: Pulse]

Two Nigerian authors, Oyinkan Braithwaite and Diana Evans. [PHOTO CREDIT: Pulse.ng]

Two Nigerian authors shortlisted for 2019 Women’s Prize for Literature

byAgency Report
May 1, 2019
1 min read

Two Nigerian authors, Oyinkan Braithwaite and Diana Evans, have made the 2019 Women’s Prize for Literature shortlist.

The Women’s Prize for Fiction, previously known as the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Baileys Women’s Prize For Fiction, is one of the most prestigious literature awards in the world.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in March, Braithwaite and Evans made the long-list alongside Akwaeke Emezi, who, unfortunately, was not shortlisted.

This is the first time two African authors will be shortlisted the same year. Braithwaite was nominated for her book ‘My Sister, The Serial Killer’ and Evans for ‘Ordinary People’.

Other shortlisted authors include Pat Barker for ‘The Silence of the Girls’, Anna Burns for ‘Milkman’, Tayari Jones for ‘An American Marriage’ and Madeline Miller for ‘Circe’.

The prestigious prize has honoured many great authors since it was launched in 1996, including Chimamanda Adichie, who won in 2007 for ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’.

NAN reports that it is a significant career boost and it comes with a £30,000 ($40,000) prize.

It was created after the Bookers Prize of 1991 where none of the six shortlisted books was by a woman, despite 60 per cent of novels that year being published by female authors.

Chaired by Kate Williams, a professor, the 2019 judging panel includes journalists Dolly Alderton and Arifa Akbar, and anti-FGM activist Leyla Hussein.

NAN reports that Sarah Wood, the chair and co-founder of the global video advertising marketplace, Unruly, was also on the panel.

(NAN)

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