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Name
  
Uchechukwu Umezurike

Role
  
Author

Education
  
Abia State University


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Books
  
Aridity of Feelings, Dark Through the Delta, Tears in Her Eyes, The Runaway Hero

Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike (or Uche Peter Umez) is a Nigerian author. Umez's first published work of poetry, Dark through the Delta, deals with the recurring despoliation of Nigeria using the Niger Delta as its motif.

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A graduate of Government & Public Administration from Abia State University, Umez is also the author of Tears in her Eyes (short stories) and Aridity of Feelings (poems). He has a master's degree in English Studies from the University of Port Harcourt and is currently a PhD student at the University of Alberta, Canada.

Children's Fiction

  • Sam and the Wallet (Funtime TV Enterprises, 2007)
  • “Tim the Monkey and Other Stories” (Africana First Publishers, 2013)
  • “The Boy Who Throws Stones at Animals and Other Stories” (Melrose Books, 2011)
  • “The Runaway Hero” (Jalaa Writers’ Collective, 2011)

    • Short fiction

  • Tears in Her Eyes (Edu-Edy Publications, 2005)

    • Poetry

  • Aridity of Feelings (Edu-Edy Publications, 2006)
  • Dark through the Delta (Edu-Edy Publications, 2004)

    • Awards and grants

  • Fellow, Civitella Ranieri, Italy, 2012
  • Shortlisted, Nigeria LNG Prize for Literature, 2011
  • Fellow, Chateau de Lavigny, Switzerland, 2010
  • Laureate, UNESCO-Aschberg, Sanskriti Kendra, India, 2009
  • Alumnus, Caine Prize for African Writing Workshop, Accra, Ghana, 2009
  • Alumnus, International Writing Program, Iowa City, USA, 2008

    • References

    Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike Wikipedia
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