Chimamanda Adichie and Nnedi Okorafor
Two Nigerian writers Chimamanda Adichie and Nnedi Okorafor have been nominated for an alternative Nobel Prize for Literature.
The alternative Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded by a Swedish non-profit organization called The New Academy.
The New Academy was founded on the initiative of a Swedish journalist and author Alexandra Pascalidou following the announcement of the Swedish Academy that the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature has been postponed due to sex allegations.
It opened the doors for Swedish Librarians to nominate authors from across the world who have “told the story of humans in the world”.
The other nominees on a 47-man longlist include Patti Smith, Jamaica Kincaid, Donna Tartt, Edouard Louis, Nina Bouraoui, Maryse Condé,…
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