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Sefi Atta: Celebrating A Creative Writer At 55 |Channels Bookclub|
Sefi Atta (born 1964) is a prize-winning Nigerian author and playwright.
Contents
- Sefi Atta Celebrating A Creative Writer At 55 Channels Bookclub
- Channels book club winner meets sefi atta
- Biography
- Writing
- Selected awards and recognition
- References
Channels book club winner meets sefi atta
Biography
Sefi Atta was born in Lagos, Nigeria, in January 1964, to a family of five children. Her father Abdul-Aziz Atta was the Secretary to Federal Government and Head of the Civil Service until his death in 1972, and she was raised by her mother Iyabo Atta.
She attended Queen's College, Lagos, and Millfield School in England. In 1985, she graduated from Birmingham University. She qualified as a chartered accountant in England and as CPA in the United States. She is married to Gboyega Ransome-Kuti, a medical doctor, and son of Olikoye Ransome-Kuti. They have one daughter.
Sefi's Lagos-based production company Atta Girl supports Care to Read, a program she initiated to earn funds for legitimate charities through staged readings.
She currently divides her time between Nigeria, England and the United States.
Writing
Atta graduated from the creative writing program at Antioch University, Los Angeles. Her short stories have appeared in literary journals such as Los Angeles Review, Mississippi Review and World Literature Today. Her books have been translated to several languages.
Novels
Short-story collections
Stage plays
Radio plays
Screenplays
Selected awards and recognition
Visiting Writer
Atta was on the jury for the 2010 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
A critical study of her works, Writing Contemporary Nigeria: How Sefi Atta Illuminates African Culture and Tradition, edited by Professor Walter Collins, will be published by Cambria Press in 2015.