Chris Abani

Christopher Abani (an Haife shi 27 Disamba 1966). Ba'amurke ne kuma Mawallafi na Los Angeles. Ya ce yana cikin sabbin tsararrun marubutan Najeriya da ke aiki don isar wa masu sauraron Ingilishi labarin waɗanda aka haifa kuma suka girma a cikin “waɗannan al’ummar Afirka da ke fama da rikici”.

Chris Abani
Rayuwa
Cikakken suna	Christopher Uchechukwu Andrew Abani
Haihuwa	Afikpo, 27 Disamba 1966 (57 shekaru)
ƙasa	Najeriya Tarayyar Amurka
Ƙabila	Tarihin Mutanen Ibo
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Southern California (en) 2002) Master of Arts (en) Birkbeck, University of London (en) 1995) Master of Arts (en) Jami'ar jihar Imo 1991) Bachelor of Arts (en) University of Southern California (en) 2004) Doctor of Philosophy (en)
Harsuna	Turanci Pidgin na Najeriya
Sana'a
Sana'a	marubuci, maiwaƙe, Marubuci, Malami, Farfesa, marubucin wasannin kwaykwayo da political activist (en)
Employers	University of California, Riverside (en) Northwestern University (en)
Muhimman ayyuka	GraceLand (en)
Kyaututtuka	gani Guggenheim Fellowship  (2009) Prince Claus Award Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award  (2005) : GraceLand (en) Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original  (29 ga Afirilu, 2015) : The Secret History of Las Vegas (en)
Ayyanawa daga	gani [[International Dublin Literary Award (en) ]] (2006) : [[GraceLand (en) ]] [[St. Francis College Literary Prize (en) ]] (2009) : [[Song for Night (en) ]]
Mamba	American Academy of Arts and Sciences (en)
chrisabani.com

Tarihin Rayuwa

An haifi Abani a Afikpo, Jihar Ebonyi, Najeriya. Mahaifinsa dan kabilar Ibo ne, yayin da mahaifiyarsa ‘yar asalin kasar Ingila ce.

Abani ya wallafa littafinsa na farko, Masters of the Board, a cikin 1985 yana ɗan shekara 16. Wani abin burgewa ne na siyasa, wanda makircin ya kasance kwatankwacin juyin mulkin da aka yi a Najeriya kafin a rubuta shi. An daure shi tsawon watanni shida bisa zargin yunkurin kifar da gwamnati . Ya ci gaba da rubutawa bayan an sake shi daga gidan yari, amma an daure shi tsawon shekara guda bayan buga littafinsa na Sirocco a shekarar 1987. A wannan lokacin, an tsare shi a gidan yari na Kiri Kiri, inda aka azabtar da shi. Bayan da aka sake shi daga gidan yari a wannan karon, ya shirya wasan kwaikwayo da dama na nuna adawa da gwamnati da aka yi a kan titi kusa da ofisoshin gwamnati tsawon shekaru biyu. An daure shi a karo na uku kuma aka sanya shi a kan hukuncin kisa . Duk da haka, abokansa sun ba wa jami'an gwamnati cin hanci don a sake shi a 1991, kuma nan da nan Abani, mahaifiyarsa, da 'yan uwansa hudu suka koma Birtaniya, suna zaune a can har zuwa 1999. Daga nan ya koma Amurka inda yake zaune a yanzu.

Ilimi da Aiki

Abani ya yi digirin digirgir a fannin Turanci da adabi daga Jami’ar Jihar Imo, Najeriya; MA a fannin Jinsi da Al'adu daga Kwalejin Birkbeck, Jami'ar London, MA a Turanci daga Jami'ar Kudancin California ; da kuma Ph.D. a cikin Ƙirƙirar Rubuce-rubuce da Adabi daga Jami'ar Kudancin California

Abani an ba shi kyautar PEN / Barbara Goldsmith Freedom don Rubuta Award, Kyautar Yarima Claus na 2001, Fellowship na Littattafai na Lannan, Kyautar Littafin California, Kyautar Legacy na Hurston-Wright da Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award . Zaɓuɓɓukan waƙarsa sun bayyana a cikin mujallar kan layi ta Blackbird . Daga 2007 zuwa 2012, ya kasance Farfesa na Rubutun Ƙirƙira a Jami'ar California, Riverside . A halin yanzu shi ne Kwamitin Amintattu Farfesa na Turanci a Jami'ar Arewa maso Yamma

Littafinsa na waka, Sanctificum (2010) wanda Copper Canyon Press ya buga, jerin waƙoƙin da aka haɗa, yana haɗa al'adar addini, da harshen Igbo na mahaifarsa ta Najeriya, da kuma reggae rhythms a cikin waƙar soyayya, na liturgical.

A lokacin rani na 2016, an buga babban zaɓi na ayyukansa a cikin Isra'ila ta ƙaramin gidan wallafe-wallafe mai zaman kansa Ra'av a ƙarƙashin taken Shi'ur Geografia (Ibrananci don "Darasi na Geography"), wanda Noga Shevach da mawaƙa Eran Tzelgov suka shirya. . Tarin ya sami babban bita kuma ya ba wa masu karatun Ibrananci karo na farko tare da waƙar Abani.

Ayyukan da aka buga

Jagoran Hukumar (Delta, 1985)

GraceLand (FSG, 2004/Picador 2005)

Budurwar Harshe (Penguin, 2007)

Tarihin Sirrin Las Vegas (Penguin, 2014)