Irenosen Okojie
Irenosen Okojie was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018.
Irenosen Okojie is a Nigerian British writer. Her debut novel, Butterfly Fish, won a Betty Trask Award. Her short stories have been published internationally, including in Salt’s Best British Short Stories 2017, Kwani? and The Year’s Best Weird Fiction. She was presented by Ben Okri at the London Short Story Festival as a dynamic writing talent to watch, and featured in ES Magazine as one of London’s exciting new authors. Her short-story collection Speak Gigantular was shortlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, the Jhalak Prize and the Saboteur Awards, and nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award.
News stories relating to Irenosen Okojie
V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2018 – winner announced
30/10/2018
The Royal Society of Literature is delighted to announce the winner of the V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2018 is Emily Ruth Ford for ‘Please Be Good To Me’. She is the first writer to win the V.S. Pritchett Prize twice – she came first last year wit …
Articles by Irenosen Okojie
On the Same Page: Nadifa Mohamed and Irenosen Okojie
Part of Bare Lit Festival
Tall Tales, Short Stories – Highly Commended, Ben Woodward
Ben Woodward, aged 15
Fable, Folklore, Fiction
Joanne Harris, Fiona Mozley, Irenosen Okojie and Janina Ramirez discuss how myth, legend, fable and folklore have influenced their work, and how great works of literature from the roots of our cultures can be reimagined for the modern reader.
