| 词条 | Odia Ofeimun |
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BiographyOdia Ofeimun was born in Iruekpen-Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria, in 1950.[1] He worked as a news reporter, factory labourer and civil servant before studying Political Science at the University of Ibadan, where his poetry won first prize in the University Competition of 1975.[2] That year his work appeared in the anthology Poems of Black Africa, edited by Wole Soyinka.[3] Ofeimun also worked as an administrative officer in the Federal Public Service Commission, as a teacher, as private (political) secretary to Chief Obafemi Awolowo, leader of the Unity Party of Nigeria, and as a member of the editorial board of The Guardian Newspapers in Lagos.[4] He studied at Oxford University on a Commonwealth fellowship. Returning to Nigeria at the annulment of the 1993 election, he wrote columns for The Guardian On Sunday, the Nigerian Tribune, as well as contributing to many other newspapers. He was chairman of the editorial board of the defunct daily, A.M. News, as well as The News and Tempo magazines.[5] Ofeimun was publicity secretary (1982–84), general secretary (1984–88) and president (1993–97) of the Association of Nigerian Authors.[4] He was also designated advisor to PEN Nigeria Centre and is a founding member of the Pan African Writers' Association.[1] Ofeimun is the author of more than 40 works.[6] His published collections of poetry include The Poet Lied (1980), A Handle for The Flutist (1986), Dreams At Work and London Letter and Other Poems (2000). His poems for dance drama, Under African Skies (1990) and Siye Goli - A Feast of Return (1992), were commissioned and performed across the UK and Western Europe by Adzido Pan-African Dance Ensemble in the early 1990s, and his most recent poem for dance drama, Nigeria The Beautiful, has been staged through major Nigerian cities to wide acclaim.[7] AwardsIn 2010 Ofeimun received the Fonlon-Nichols Award for literary excellence and propagation of Human Rights, which was conferred on him by the African Literature Association.[1] Selected bibliographyPoetry
Anthologies
Cultural politics
Politics
References1. ^1 2 3 4 "Biography: Odia Ofeimun, Nigeria", Badilisha Poetry X-change. 2. ^"Creative writers shouldn’t have carved roles – Odia Ofeimun", National Mirror Online, 10 April 2015. 3. ^"Odia Ofeimun Biography", jrank.org. 4. ^1 "Odia Ofeimun", Edo World. 5. ^Ayo Olukotun, "Repressive State and Resurgent Media Under Nigeria's Military Dictatorship, 1988–98", Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2004, pp. 84, 93. 6. ^Prisca Sam-Duru, "I write books that fight battles I like —Odia Ofeimun", The Vanguard, 25 October 2015. 7. ^Yinka Olatunbosun, "Poetry Party for Odia Ofeimun at 65", This Day Live, 22 March 2015. Further reading
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