Uwem Akpan

Priest, Author

1971 –

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Who is Uwem Akpan?

Uwem Akpan is a Nigerian Jesuit priest and writer. He is the author of Say You’re One of Them, a collection of five stories published by Little, Brown & Company. It won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the PEN Open Book Award, and was picked by the Oprah Winfrey Book Club on September 17, 2009.

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Born
1971
Akwa Ibom State
Nationality
  • Nigeria
Profession
Education
  • Creighton University
  • University of Michigan

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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