Awards & Winners

Chris Abani

Date of Birth 27-December-1966
Place of Birth Afikpo
(Nigeria, Ebonyi State)
Nationality Nigeria
Also know as Christopher Abani
Profession Writer, Novelist, Author
Christopher Abani is a Nigerian author. He is part of a new generation of Nigerian writers working to convey to an English-speaking audience the experience of those born and raised in "that troubled African nation".

Awards by Chris Abani

Check all the awards nominated and won by Chris Abani.

2009


Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
(Fiction)

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
St. Francis College Literary Prize Song for Night

2008


Beyond Margins Award
Honored for : Song for Night

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Graceland

2005


Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
Honored for : Graceland