Obari Gomba

Obari Gomba is a Nigerian writer and academic. In 2023, he won the Nigeria Prize for Literature for his work Grit.[1][2]

Career

Gomba is an associate dean of Humanities and teaches Literary and Creative Writing at the University of Port Harcourt.[1] He won the ANA Poetry Prize in 2017 and 2018 was a Honorary Fellow in Writing at the University of Iowa.[2]

Gomba's work had been shortlisted five times since 2013 for the Nigeria Prize for Literature prior to winning it in 2023 for his play Grit,[1] which Lindsay Barrett described as "a cautionary tale in which the reader or the onlooker is being alerted to the resilience and determined existence of GRIT as a quality of life. ... a wholesome commentary on Nigeria's contemporary political circumstance."[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Obinna, Emelike (13 October 2023). "Obari Gomba wins Nigerian Prize for Literature after five attempts". Business Day. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b Odeh, Nehru (13 October 2023). "Obari Gomba wins 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature, carts home $100,000". P.M. News. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. ^ Barrett, Lindsay (5 November 2023). "GRIT AS THE WINNER OF THE NIGERIA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023: An Examination Of Modern Political Dysfunction". Leadership. Nigeria.