Tag: Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets
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Gbenga Adeoba is Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2019 winner.
Gbenga Adeoba was announced as the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2019 winner for his manuscript Exodus on March 8, 2019. The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry is backed by philanthropists Laura and Robert FX Sillerman as part of their overall funding of the African Poetry Book Fund. The award honours…
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Tjawangwa Dema wins Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2018
Tjawangwa Dema is the winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2018 is for her collection, The Careless Seamstress. Dema will receive a $1000 cash award and publication of her manuscript as part of the African Poetry Book Series by the University of Nebraska Press, to be released in the spring of…