Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun is a Nigerian poet and essayist. He is the author of The Gathering of Bastards (2023) and Sacrament of Bodies (2020) and three chapbooks. [1] [2] He won the 2017 Brunel University African Poetry Prize and the Nigeria Prize for Literature award 2022 for his collection Nomad [3] and was a finalist for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry [4] and The Future Awards African Prize for Literature. He has received fellowships and support from Ebedi International Writers Residency, Harvard University, [5] Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, [6] Oregon Institute for Creative Research, and the IIE- Artist Protection Fund. His poems have appeared in Poetry Foundation, [7] Harvard Review, [8] American Poetry Review, [9] Narrative Magazine. [10] Romeo received his MFA in creative writing from the Iowa Writers Workshop in 2020.
References
- ^ Oriogun, Romeo (2023). The Gathering of Bastards. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-4962-3403-2.
- ^ Oriogun, Romeo (2020-03-01). Sacrament of Bodies. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-4962-1964-0.
- ^ "Brunel International African Poetry Prize Awarded to Nigeria's Romeo Oriogun". www.brunel.ac.uk.
- ^ "Current Finalists". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
- ^ "Colloquium with Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun". africa.harvard.edu.
- ^ "Announcing the 2018-2019 Fellows".
- ^ Foundation, Poetry (22 December 2021). "Coming Out by Romeo Oriogun". Poetry Foundation.
- ^ Weddell, Cecilia. "Before Your Mama Knew Us as Light". Harvard Review.
- ^ "American Poetry Review - Romeo Oriogun - "A Brief History of Becoming"". American Poetry Review.
- ^ Oriogun, Romeo (5 September 2019). "The Niger Sings of Blood by Romeo Oriogun". www.narrativemagazine.com.
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Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun is a Nigerian poet and essayist. He is the author of The Gathering of Bastards (2023) and Sacrament of Bodies (2020) and three chapbooks. [1] [2] He won the 2017 Brunel University African Poetry Prize and the Nigeria Prize for Literature award 2022 for his collection Nomad [3] and was a finalist for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry [4] and The Future Awards African Prize for Literature. He has received fellowships and support from Ebedi International Writers Residency, Harvard University, [5] Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, [6] Oregon Institute for Creative Research, and the IIE- Artist Protection Fund. His poems have appeared in Poetry Foundation, [7] Harvard Review, [8] American Poetry Review, [9] Narrative Magazine. [10] Romeo received his MFA in creative writing from the Iowa Writers Workshop in 2020.
References
- ^ Oriogun, Romeo (2023). The Gathering of Bastards. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-4962-3403-2.
- ^ Oriogun, Romeo (2020-03-01). Sacrament of Bodies. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-4962-1964-0.
- ^ "Brunel International African Poetry Prize Awarded to Nigeria's Romeo Oriogun". www.brunel.ac.uk.
- ^ "Current Finalists". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
- ^ "Colloquium with Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun". africa.harvard.edu.
- ^ "Announcing the 2018-2019 Fellows".
- ^ Foundation, Poetry (22 December 2021). "Coming Out by Romeo Oriogun". Poetry Foundation.
- ^ Weddell, Cecilia. "Before Your Mama Knew Us as Light". Harvard Review.
- ^ "American Poetry Review - Romeo Oriogun - "A Brief History of Becoming"". American Poetry Review.
- ^ Oriogun, Romeo (5 September 2019). "The Niger Sings of Blood by Romeo Oriogun". www.narrativemagazine.com.
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