Harriet Anena | |
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Born | Harriet Anena Gulu District, Uganda |
Alma mater | Makerere University (Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication) (Master of Arts in human rights) Columbia University (MFA Writing, Creative Nonfiction) |
Occupation | Writer |
Awards | 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa |
Website | https://beranena.com |
ụdịekere | nwanyị |
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mba o sị | Uganda |
aha enyere | Harriet |
aha ezinụlọ ya | Anena |
Ebe ọmụmụ | Gulu District |
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye aka | Bekee |
ọrụ ọ na-arụ | odee akwụkwọ |
ebe agụmakwụkwọ | Makerere University |
webụsaịtị | https://anenah.wordpress.com |
nnọchiaha nkeonwe | L484 |
Harriet Anena bụ onye odee na onye na-eme ihe nkiri nke Uganda, onye edemede ya gụnyere abụ, akụkọ ihe mere emena akụkọ ifo. Ọ bụ onye odee nke nchịkọta uri, A Nation In Labour, nke e bipụtara na 2015, [1] nke ritekwara 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa . [2] [3] The Economist kọwara ọrụ uri ya dị ka "mkpalite ịhụnanya na agha na-ejide". [4]
A mụrụ Anena nye nne na nna Acholi wee zụlite ya na Gulu District nke Uganda. [5] O tolitere n'oge agha afọ iri abụọ nke ndị nnupụisi nke Lord Resistance Army na-edu, ihe omume nke mụtara ma metụta edemede mbụ ya. Anena gara Gulu Public Primary School, Sacred Heart Secondary, na Gulu Central High School. Ọ nwetara nzere bachelọ nke Mass Communication na Mahadum Makerere na 2010 wee gụchaa ma nweta nzere Master of Arts n'ikike mmadụ site n'otu ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ na 2018. [6] Ọ na-agbaso mmemme ide ihe MFA na Mahadum Columbia na New York.
Anena rụrụ ọrụ na akwụkwọ akụkọ Daily Monitor dị ka onye nta akụkọ, onye nchịkọta akụkọ, na osote onye isi nchịkọta akụkọ site na 2009 ruo Septemba 2014. Ọ sonyeere African Center for Media Excellence na 2014 wee rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye na-azụ ndị nta akụkọ, onye nyocha mgbasa ozi, onye nhazi mmemme na onye na-emepụta ihe na ịntanetị ruo 2019. N'August 2019, Anena sonyeere Columbia Journal dị ka onye nchịkọta akụkọ n'ịntanetị ya. Ebipụtala akwụkwọ akụkọ ya na Daily Monitor, [7] [8] New Vision, The Observer, Columbia Journal, Atlantic na Popula . Ọ kụzikwara ụmụ akwụkwọ na-amụ akwụkwọ akụkọ Specialized Writing na mahadum islam dị na Uganda . [9]
Anena dere abụ mbụ ya, "Ọnọdụ nke nwa Acholi", na 2003. Ọ meriri asọmpi ide ihe nke ndi otu Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative haziri, nke nyere ya aka nweta ego maka agụmakwụkwọ A-Level. [6] Ọ gara ogbako ihe nrite Caine nke 2013 emere na Uganda, akụkọ ya bụ "Watchdog Games" ka e bipụtara na antọlọjị A Memory This Size and Other History: The Caine Prize for African Writing, 2013 . [10] N'afọ 2013, e depụtara ya aha maka "Ghana Poetry Prize" maka uri ya "We Arise". [11]
A Nation In Labour, nke e bipụtara na 2015, bụ akwụkwọ mbụ ya, [12] bu nchịkọta uri "ndị na-ahụ maka ọha na eze". The New Vision dere na "Anena na ya usoro nke uri ya ga-eme ka ị guru na-aga n'ihu" [13] Dị ka Tomiwa Ilori si kọwa ya, " A Nation in Labour bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ nwere akụkụ anọ nke na-eji asụsụ dị elu na-ekwu maka egwu. Nchịkọta uri nke Anena na-adọ ọha mmadụ aka ná ntị banyere usoro uru ya gbagọrọ agbagọ site n'iji nlezianya eme ihe nke nzaghachi njakịrị nke na-ada ụda. Akụkụ nke ọ bụla n'ime akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ na-eme ka ụmụ mmadụ na-adaba n'ụkpụrụ mmiri." [14]
Na Nọvemba 2018, A Nation In Labour ka e depụtara aha ya maka Biennial Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa, ya na mkpokọta nke Tanure Ojaide na Servio Gbadamosi. [15] [16] [17] [18] Na 9 Disemba 2018, na emume nturu ugo emere na Lagos, Nigeria, Anena na Ojaide ka akpọputara dika ndị mmeri jikọrọ aka. Ọ bụ Toyin Falola, Olu Obafemi na Margaret Busby (oche oche) kpere ikpe nke ihe nrite a. [19] Ọ bụ onye Nobel Laureate, Prọfesọ Wole Soyinka nyere onyinye a. [20] [21] [22]
Ọrụ ya pụtara na 2019's New Daughters of Africa : Anthology International of Writing site na Women of African Descent, [23] nke Margaret Busby deziri.
Na Disemba 2018, a kpọrọ Harriet Anena onye mmeri nke 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa maka akwụkwọ ya A Nation in Labour, nke e bipụtara na 2015. [24] [25] Ya na Prọfesọ Tanure Ojaide jikọrọ aka nweta ihe nrite ahụ. Anena nwetara ihe nrite ya na emume emere na Lagos, Nigeria, nke Wole Soyinka, onye mbụ nwetara ihe nrite Nobel n'akwụkwọ n'Afrịka, bụ onye a kpọrọ ihe nrite ahụ na-aha ya. Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature bụ "ihe nrite ederede pan-African a na-enye kwa afọ maka ọrụ agụmagụ kacha mma nke onye Africa mepụtara". [26]
Edepụtara akụkọ mkpirikpi Anena "Dancing with Ma" maka 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize . [27] [28] Na 2017 na 2018, akụkọ ifo ya dị mkpirikpi, "The Satan's Inside My Jimmy" na "Waiting", bụ ndị arọputakwara maka ihe nrite Africa Short Story Day.