Irenosen Okojie
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Okojie leads a discussion for the British Library in 2022 | |
| Born | Irenosen Iseghohi Okojie Nigeria |
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| Alma mater | London Metropolitan University |
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| Website | www |
Irenosen Iseghohi Okojie MBE FRSL is a Nigerian-born novelist and short-story writer working in London, England. Her stories incorporate speculative elements and also make use of her West African heritage. Her first novel, Butterfly Fish won a Betty Trask Award in 2016, and her story "Grace Jones" won the 2020 Caine Prize for African Writing. Okojie was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (RSL) in 2018, and in 2020 was appointed a vice-chair of the RSL.