Lesley Nneka Arimah

Lesley Nneka Arimah
London, Silimin gɔli October 13, 1983 (run 41)
O ya TiŋgbaŋLondon
ResidenceLas Vegas
Education
Shɛhira gbaŋMaster of Fine Arts (en) Translate
Bala yɛlibu, sabbu bee buɣisibuSilmiinsili
Tuma
Tumawriter (en) Translate ni narrator (en) Translate
Notable workWhat It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky (en) Translate
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Lesley Nneka Arimah (bɛ dɔɣi o la silimiin goli 13 October 1983 London tiŋgbani ni, United Kingdom) ka o nyɛ Nigeria sa sabira. O nyɛ bɛ ni buɣisi so ka  "o mali lahabali tibu baŋsim ka ni tooi kuli zaŋ alizama biɛla n-kpaŋsi biɛhigu niriba sunsuuni"[1]ka "lahi mali kukoli palli din mali yaa."[2]Yuuni 2015 ŋuni n-daa kpuɣi Commonwealth Short Story Prize jaashee n-ti gbansabila,[3]2017 O. Henry Prize,[4]n-ti pahi 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing.[5]

O biɛhigu

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Arimah nyɛla bɛ ni dɔɣi so silimiin goli 13 October 1983, London tiŋgbani ni. O zooi la Nigeria mini the U.K. zaa,amaa ka lahi nyɛ ŋun gɔri n-gindi saha kam pirim la o ba ni nyɛ linjima nira la zuɣu. O ni daa na zoori na, o daa kpuɣi napɔŋ chaŋ U.S., ni ka o daa niŋ Master of Fine Arts din jɛndi sabbu baŋsim dini, o daa deei la lala shɛhira gbaŋ ŋɔ shikuru yuli booni Minnesota State University Mankato yuuni 2010.[6]

Silimiin goli September 2017, National Book Foundation daa gahim piigi Arimah m-pahi bɛ niriba "ban na bi paai yuun pihita ni anu"as one of their "Five Under 35" ka di tu ni salo nina pa bɛ zuɣu,[7][8] ka yuuni 2019, o daa nyɛla United States nira ŋun mali bɔmbu mini sabbu baŋsim.[9]Saha ŋɔ Arimah be la Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.[10]

Sabbu

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Lahabali ŋmahi

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Arimah's tuma nyɛla din yina New Yorker, Granta, Harper's, Per Contra, n-ti pahi lahabaya din yina pam ni.[11]

Pini shɛŋa Arimah ni deei lahabali jihi ni
Year Lahabali Pini Result Ref.
2016 "What It Means When a Man Fall from the Sky" Caine Prize Shortlist [12]
2015 "Light" Commonwealth Short Story Prize Regional Winner, Africa [12][13][14]
2017 "Glory" O. Henry Award Winner [12]
2017 "Who Will Greet You at Home?" Caine Prize Shortlist [12]
2019 "Skinned" Caine Prize Winner [15][16]

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky (2017)

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Main article: What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

Arimah tuuli lahabali ŋma shɛŋa o ni laɣim, "What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky", Riverhead Books mini Tinder Press (UK) n-daa yihi li na silimiin goli April 2017, ka Farafina Books daa labi n-yihi li na Nigeria silimiin goli November 2017.

Buku maa yari la paɣaba ban nyɛ yɛltɔɣa zuɣiri kpɛrigu ni ka luɣishɛŋa din daari ba ka bɛ niŋdi binyari shɛŋa din yɛn chɛ ka bɛ zni viɛnyɛla bee ka bɛ baŋ ni bɛ kuli ku tooi tum ni[17]ka "niŋdi ninsalisili Nigeria tiŋbihi sunsuni ni saamba ban tuui kpe Nigeria ka nyɛ paɣaba", ka kahigiri "din labisiri ba nyaaŋa, bɛ suhuri ni bɔri shɛŋa, bɛ nasara nima, ni bɛ mɔbu zaŋ cha`n bɛ zo ka che tiŋgbani maa yaɣ'shɛŋaa di kaya ni taɣada bi doli bɛ dini.[18]

Lala lahabaya ŋɔ kahigiri la paɣaba wɔliginsim zaŋ chaŋ yaɣa pam, "hali ti tabili yɛltɔɣ' muɣisira din be paɣaba mini bɛ bipuɣinsi sunsuuni ni yɛlimuɣisira din be paɣaba zosimli puuni."[19]O sabbu, The Atlantic sabbu, "zaŋdi la jilima n-ti ban nyeeri wɔligu n-nyari ni."[20]NPR booni li la "Di nyɛla din niŋ lahiʒibisi din yina sa sabbira polli ŋun ŋmani o mali dahinshɛli ha sabiri suma ka di be o tooni."[21]

Lala lahabali ŋmahi ŋɔ lahi nyɛla din yari Nigeria paɣaba yɛltɔɣa, biɛhigu, ni bɛ wumsibu. Lala lahabali ŋmaa ŋɔ,din jɛndi bipuɣinbihi yɛla n- zaŋdi maɣisiri bɛ ni bɔri ni bɛ be shɛm nyɛla din kahigi lahabali ŋmaa ŋɔ ni "Light", din ni ka ba mini ma  ku tooi saɣi n-ti binviɛlli din ŋmani bɛ bipuɣinga pirim la bɛ bipuɣinga maa ni tooi ni tooi niŋ tiŋgbani maa ni saɣiti ni shɛli nyɛla binviɛlli n-ti bɛ tiŋgbani  ni bɔri shɛli n-ti zuŋɔ mini di taɣibu taɣibu.Ka ma ŋun be lahabali ŋɔ ni ŋɔ bɔri ni o bipuɣinga maa zaŋ o maŋ tabili Europe nima viɛlim ni doli so shɛli ka peemiri o zabiri, ka o ba mi nya ka di nyɛ din yan gbarigi o biɛhigu  ka di zuɣu che ka o kuli bɔri ni o nyɛ o ni kuli nyɛ so,lala ŋɔ puuni, ka o kuli niŋ kasi o maŋ maŋa ka lee bi paai o mani di bɔri i o be shɛm ni tiŋgbani maa gba ni bɔri viɛlim shɛm.Din jɛndi lala yɛltɔɣa nima ŋɔ, lahabali din nyɛ "Who Will Greet You At Home" kahigiri la wahala din be ma tali ni, zaashee, niya, n-ti pahi nambɔ zobɔ. Lahabali maa ni jɛndi so, Ogechi, daa bɔri mi ni o zaŋ binyɛra din miri o n-mali bia. Lahabali ŋmaa maa mini buku maa yuli m-booni "When a Man Falls from the Sky" di wuhiri la biɛrim mini nambɔɣu ni timsim shɛli din ʒi bɛ zuɣu. Di nyɛla din yirina lala lahabaya ŋɔ zaa ni,ka lu n-zahim tabiibi yaɣili. Lala lahabali ŋɔ puuni, Nneoma ni tooi zaŋ laasabu malibu n-nyahi suhugarigu, "Bi-African state" shɛli Britain ni su puuni, ni French nahimbu zalisi ni ʒi yɛltɔɣ'shɛli ti bɛ ni daa gbubi shɛba daba.

Lala yɛltɔɣa shɛli din bɔri ni di lihi suhusaɣingu zuɣu ŋɔ nyɛla din yɛltɔɣa kuli labiri yirina lala lahabya din laɣim ŋɔ ni, ka yina lahabaya maa peeji din kani na ka tiri di bahigu peeji, din yuli nyɛ: "What is a Volcano". Di nyɛla din lɛbigiri lahabaya, n-doli buɣi bihi ka jɛndi suhusaɣingu din be bia kɔŋbu ni. Lala lahabali viɛlli ŋɔ wuhiri mi ni kpiimba gba mali la biɛhishɛli ban na be bɛ nyɛvuya ni ni mali, ka di wuhiri ni suhu garigu nyɛlan din mali yaa pam nti sojkam, hali buɣa ban nyɛ paɣaba.

Lala lahabali ŋɔ wuhiri la alaama din be biɛhigu ni, ka zaŋ kperigu m-pahi yɛlimaŋli zuɣu. IO lahabaya pam puuni, Arimah zaŋ la yaɣishɛli ka di tam din be biɛhigu ni zuɣu ka zaŋ shihira nima yɛltɔɣa m-pahi din ni. Din bɔŋɔ niŋbu ni, o nyɛla ŋun niŋ kpaŋ maŋa mj-pahi binyɛr' pala din kpa talahi n-niŋ lala lahabaya ŋɔ laɣimbu ni, ka chɛ ka ban karimdi baŋ binyɛr'shɛŋa di to din ni, kamani suhu saɣingu mini fara zaŋ jɛndi shihira binyɛra.

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky ni ti o pini shɛŋa
Yuuni Pini Result Ref.
2017 Kirkus Prize for Fiction Winner [22][23][24]
2018 9mobile Prize for Literature Shortlist [25]
Aspen Words Literary Prize Shortlist [26]
Minnesota Book Award for Fiction Winner [24]
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Winner [27]

Lahabali shɛŋa sabi ka yihili polo

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  • What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky, New York: Riverhead, 2017. ISBN 9780735211025, OCLC 998228832

Kundivihira

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  1. ↑ Thomas Kennedy, Jackie (1 April 2017). "REVIEW: 'What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky,' by Lesley Nneka Arimah". StarTribune. http://www.startribune.com/review-what-it-means-when-a-man-falls-from-the-sky-by-lesley-nneka-arimah/417709403/.
  2. ↑ WHAT IT MEANS WHEN A MAN FALLS FROM THE SKY by Lesley Nneka Arimah (en-us). Kirkus Reviews (23 January 2017).
  3. ↑ Jonathan Tel wins 2015 Short Story Prize (9 September 2015).
  4. ↑ The O. Henry Prize Author Spotlight. Random House.
  5. ↑ Killin, James (8 July 2019). Lesley Nneka Arimah wins 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing.
  6. ↑ Hertzel, Laurie (30 December 2017). "A wordsmith who spins magic, Lesley Nneka Arimah is our 2017 Artist of the Year". Star Tribune. https://www.startribune.com/a-wordsmith-who-spins-magic-lesley-nneka-arimah-is-our-2017-artist-of-the-year/467025123/.
  7. ↑ Hertzel, Laurie (25 September 2017). "Minnesota writer named one of National Book Foundation's 'Five Under 35'". StarTribune. http://www.startribune.com/twin-cities-writer-lesley-nneka-arimah-named-one-of-national-book-foundation-s-five-under-35/447660253/.
  8. ↑ On this day in 1951, Catherine Obianuju Acholonu was born in Orlu in Imo State (en-US) (26 October 2017).
  9. ↑ Mansfield, Katie (2019-07-09). Lesley Nneka Arimah wins £10,000 Caine Prize (En).
  10. ↑ Lesley Nneka Arimah wins £10,000 Caine Prize (En).
  11. ↑ Mogami, Gaamangwe Joy (3 July 2017). "#CainePrize2017 | On Motherhood, Class and Fabulist Fiction | Interview with Lesley Nneka Arimah" (en-US). Brittle Paper. https://brittlepaper.com/2017/07/caineprize2017-interview-lesley-nneka-arimah-africa-dialogue/.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Lesley Nneka Arimah Wins a 2017 O. Henry Prize (2017-06-03).
  13. ↑ The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2015 (en) (2015-10-02).
  14. ↑ Flood, Alison (2015-04-28). First-time Fijian author scoops award in Commonwealth short story competition (en).
  15. ↑ Mansfield, Katie (2019-07-19). Lesley Nneka Arimah wins £10,000 Caine Prize (En).
  16. ↑ Nigerian writer Lesley Nneka Arimah wins 2019 Caine Prize (9 July 2019).
  17. ↑ OkadaBooks (December 14, 2017). #LiterallyWhatsHot: 12 Awesome Stories with Beautifully Crafted Narratives is What You Get in Lesley Arimah's 'What It Means when a Man Falls from the Sky' (en-US).
  18. ↑ Von Klemperer, Liz (27 March 2017). "Lesley Nneka Arimah's Characters Muscle Their Way through Girlhood" (en-US). The Rumpus.net. http://therumpus.net/2017/03/lesley-nneka-arimahs-characters-muscle-their-way-through-girlhood/.
  19. ↑ Orr, K. J. (2 September 2017). "What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah review – short stories" (en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/02/what-it-means-when-man-fallsfrom-the-sky-lesley-nneka-arimah-review.
  20. ↑ Weiss-Meyer, Amy (11 April 2017). "The Powerful Pessimism of 'What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky'" (en-US). The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/04/the-powerful-pessimism-of-what-it-means-when-a-man-falls-from-the-sky/522687/.
  21. ↑ Schaub, Michael (5 April 2017). "'What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky' Is Defiantly, Electrically Original" (en). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/2017/04/05/521959681/what-it-means-when-a-man-falls-from-the-sky-is-defiantly-electrically-original.
  22. ↑ What It Means When a Man Fall from the Sky (2017-01-23).
  23. ↑ Staff, MPR News. "Minnesota author Lesley Nneka Arimah wins Kirkus Prize for Fiction". https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/11/03/minnesota-author-lesley-nneka-arimah-wins-kirkus-prize-for-fiction.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Hertzel, Laurie (April 23, 2018). "Novelist Lesley Nneka Arimah, poet Bao Phi, cartoonist Steve Sack win Minnesota Book Awards". Star Tribune. http://www.startribune.com/previous-winners-get-more-prizes-at-the-minnesota-book-awards-gala/480463721/.
  25. ↑ "Two Nigerians, South African vie for 9mobile prize for literature 2018" (en-US). The Guardian (Nigeria). 2018-02-11. https://guardian.ng/art/two-nigerians-south-african-vie-for-9mobile-prize-for-literature-2018/.
  26. ↑ Weisman, Jonathan (2018-03-06). Awards: CWA Diamond Dagger; Aspen Words Shortlist.
  27. ↑ Lesley Nneka Arimah Wins NYPL's Young Lions Fiction Award for What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky.
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