Name Jude Dibia Role Novelist | ||
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Books Walking with Shadows, Unbridled: A Novel, Blackbird | ||
Jude Dibia in conversation with PEN International's Jarkko Tontti
Jude Dibia (born 5 January 1975) is a Nigerian novelist.
Contents
- Jude Dibia in conversation with PEN Internationals Jarkko Tontti
- Africa Writing Queer Identity at the 16th Time of the Writer 2013
- Biography
- References
"Africa Writing Queer Identity" at the 16th Time of the Writer 2013
Biography
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Dibia studied at the University of Ibadan, and earned a B.A in Modern European Languages (German).
He is the author of three well received novels: Walking with Shadows (BlackSands Books, 2005), Unbridled (2007), and Blackbird (2011). His novels have been described as daring and controversial by readers and critics in and out of Africa. Walking with Shadows is said to be the first Nigerian novel that has a gay man as its central character and that treats his experience with great insight, inviting a positive response to his situation. Unbridled, too, stirred some controversy on its publication; it is a story that tackles the emancipation of its female protagonist, who had suffered from incest and various abuse from men. Unbridled went on to win the 2007 Ken Saro-Wiwa Prize for Prose (sponsored by NDDC/ANA) and was a finalist in the 2007 Nigeria Prize for Literature (sponsored by NLNG).
Dibia’s short stories have appeared on various online literary sites, including AfricanWriter.com and Halftribe.com. One of his short stories is included in the anthology One World: A global anthology of short stories, alongside stories by such critically acclaimed writers as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Jhumpa Lahiri.
