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Irenosen Okojie
Writer

Irenosen Okojie

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Writing speculative fiction including the Caine Prize-winning Grace Jones.

Speak Gigantular · Nudibranch

Born
1978
Birthplace
Nigeria

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Jane AustenWriting Pride and Prejudice and Emma.Charles DickensWriting Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol.Toni MorrisonWriting Beloved and winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Irenosen Okojie

Irenosen Okojie is a Nigerian-born British writer whose fiction combines unsettling fantasy with personal and social experience. Her work includes novels and short-story collections.

Early life

Migration and education

Moved to Britain at eight and later studied communications and visual culture in London.

Career

  1. 2010s

    Debut novel

    Published Butterfly Fish, which won a Betty Trask Award in 2016.

  2. 2018

    Literary fellowship

    Was elected to the Royal Society of Literature.

  3. 2020

    Caine Prize

    Won for the story Grace Jones.

Selected work

Speak Gigantular

A collection of speculative stories.

Nudibranch

A second story collection.

Curandera

A later novel.

Beyond work

Arts organisation

Founded Black to the Future, a multidisciplinary festival celebrating Black artists.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Sriya Sarkar. CC BY 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.