Sefi Atta (an haife ta ne a watan Janairun shekarar 1964) ita ce ta lashe kyauta marubuciya ce Ba'amurken Najeriyar, ƴar wasan kwaikwayo kuma marubuciyan allo.[1] An fassara littattafanta zuwa yarurruka da yawa, rediyon BBC ya watsa su, kuma an buga wasannin kwaikwayo a ƙasashen duniya. Kyautar da ta samu sun haɗa da na 2006 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa da kuma 2009 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.[2][3]
Tarihin rayuwa
An haifi Sefi Atta a Legas,Najeriya, a cikin Janairu 1964, ga dangin 'ya'ya biyar. Mahaifinta Abdul-Aziz Atta shi ne Sakataren Gwamnatin Tarayya kuma Shugaban Ma’aikatan Gwamnati har zuwa rasuwarsa a 1972, kuma mahaifiyarta Iyabo Atta ce ta yi rainon ta.
Ta halarci Queen's College, Legas, da Makarantar Millfield a Ingila. A shekarar 1985, ta kammala karatun ta na digiri na farko a jami’ar B.A. digiri daga Jami'ar Birmingham. Ta cancanci a matsayin akawun haya a Ingila da kuma CPA a Amurka, inda ta yi ƙaura a 1994.[4] Ta sami MFA daga Jami'ar Antioch a 2001.[5]
Tana auren Gboyega Ransome-Kuti, wani likita, kuma dan Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, kuma suna da diya guda, Temi.[6]
Kamfanin samar da kayan abinci na Atta da ke Legas Atta Girl na tallafawa Care to Read, shirin da ta kirkiro don samun kudade ga halastattun kungiyoyin agaji ta hanyar karatun karatu.
Sefi Atta
A yanzu tana raba lokacinta tsakanin Najeriya, Ingila da Amurka.
Rubutawa
Atta ta kammala karatun shirye-shiryen kirkirar rubutu a Jami'ar Antioch a Los Angeles. Gajerun labaran ta sun bayyana a cikin mujallolin adabi kamar The Los Angeles Review, Mississippi Review da World Literature Today. Labarinta a kan Lagos da Najeriya sun bayyana a cikin wallafe-wallafe kamar su Time and Libération. An fassara littattafanta zuwa yare da yawa. Littafinta na farko, Everything Good Will Come, ya lashe Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa.
Labari
2005: Everything Good Will Come, Interlink Books,
2010: Swallow, Interlink Books,
2013: A Bit of Difference, Interlink Books,
2019: The Bead Collector, Interlink Books,
Takaitattun labarai
2010: News from Home, Interlink Books,
Littattafan yara
2018: Drama Queen, Mango Books, Nigeria,
Kunna tarin
2019: Sefi Atta; Selected Plays, Interlink Books,
Wasannin farko
2005: The Engagement, MUSON Centre, Legas
2011: The Cost of Living, Lagos Heritage Festival
2011: Hagel auf Zamfara, Theatre Krefeld, Jamus
2012: The Naming Ceremony, New World Nigeria, Theatre Royal Stratford East, London
2012: An Ordinary Legacy, The MUSON Festival, MUSON Centre, Legas
2014: Last Stand, Terra Kulture, Legas
2018: Renovation, The Jos Festival of Theatre
2019: The Death Road, The Jos Festival of Theatre
Wasan radiyo
2002: The Engagement, BBC Radio
2004: Makinwa's Miracle, BBC Radio
2007: A Free Day, BBC Radio
Nunin allo
2009: Leaving on Your Mind, wasan kusa da na karshe ga American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition
2019: Valid, karshe ga WeScreenPlay Diverse Voices Lab
2019: Valid, karshe ga American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition
Zaɓaɓɓun kyaututtuka da yabo
2002: Macmillan Writers Prize For Africa, jerin sunayen[7]
Atta ta kasance a cikin juri na 2010 Neustadt International Prize for Literature,[15] kuma alkali ne na 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing.
Nazari mai mahimmanci game da ayyukanta, Writing Contemporary Nigeria: How Sefi Atta Illustates African Culture and Tradition, editan Farfesa Walter P. Collins, III, wanda Cambria Press ta buga a 2015.