Anietie Isong is a Nigerian/British author of poetry and short stories.

Biography

Dr. Anietie Isong holds a PhD in New Media and Writing from De Montfort University, Leicester. He is also a graduate of the

University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the University of London. It became an independent university in 196 ...

and the

University of Leicester , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_labe ...

where he studied communication. Dr. Isong started his career in broadcasting before switching to public relations. His earlier work writing scripts for radio evolved into a more dedicated focus on writing. Among his poems and short stories, he won the MUSON Poetry Award for "These Many Rivers" and the Commonwealth Short Story Award for "Diary of an ECOMOG Soldier". He subsequently sponsored a special prize in the Commonwealth Short Story competition for "best Nigerian story" in 2010. He also won th
Olaudah Equiano Prize for Fiction
and the Remember Oluwale Writing Prize. Isong has worked as a speechwriter, public relations manager and researcher in Europe, Middle East and Africa. His elder sister,

Emem Isong Emem Isong is a Nigerian screenwriter, film producer, and film director. She has become known primarily for films in the English language, and is a dominant figure in the Nollywood industry. Her second directed feature, ''Code of Silence'', ...

, is a well-known producer and screenplay writer for

Nollywood Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in ''The New York Times''. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there ...

films. Dr. Isong's debut novel ''Radio Sunrise'' explores the issue of corruption in the journalism profession and has been described by as "a satirical portrait of Nigeria". ''Radio Sunrise'' won the

McKitterick Prize The McKitterick Prize is a United Kingdom literary prize. It is administered by the Society of Authors. It was endowed by Tom McKitterick, who had been an editor of ''The Political Quarterly'' but had also written a novel which was never publ ...

2018."Aniete Isong wins McKItterick Prize 2018 for Radio Sunrise"
, Sabinews, 22 July 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Isong, Anietsie Living people Nigerian male poets Nigerian male short story writers Nigerian short story writers University of Ibadan alumni Nigerian expatriates in the United Kingdom Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Leicester 21st-century Nigerian poets