Jowhor Ile is a Nigerian writer known for his first novel, ''And After Many Days''. In 2016, the novel was awarded the

Etisalat Prize for Literature The 9mobile Prize for Literature (formerly the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2013–16) was created by Etisalat Nigeria in 2013, and is the first ever pan-African prize celebrating first-time African writers of published fiction books.

. Ile's

short fiction A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

has appeared in '' McSweeney's Quarterly'' and ''Litro Magazine''. He earned his MFA at Boston University, and currently splits his time between Nigeria and the U.S.

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21st-century Nigerian novelists Nigerian male novelists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Boston University alumni {{Nigeria-writer-stub