Karen Ann King-Aribisala (born
Guyana
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) is a Nigerian
novelist, and
short story writer. She is a Professor of English at the
University of Lagos.
Education
She was educated at the
International School Ibadan
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History
The school was founded by German-British educator Kurt Hahn on 13 October 1963 with funding received from the USAID ...
,
St. George's British International School, Italy (where she met her future husband; Femi Aribisala), and the
London Academy of Dramatic Arts
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.
Works
*''Our Wife and Other Stories'', Malthouse Press, 1990, ; Ottawa, Canada: Laurier Books, 2004,
*'' Kicking Tongues'', Heinemann, 1998,
*''The Hangman's Game'', Peepal Tree, 2007,
* ''Bitter Leafing Woman and Other Stories'', Malthouse Press, 2017.
Prizes and awards
Her collection of stories, ''Our Wife and Other Stories'' won the 1991
Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book Africa, and her novel ''The Hangman's Game'' won 2008 Best Book Africa.
She also won grants from the
Ford Foundation,
British Council,
Goethe Institute, and the James Michener Foundation.
"Africa in the African Diaspora
New Insights into the Diffusion of African Identity and Cultural Forms". 2003–2005 Mellon Grant Workshop Series Supported by the UW Center for the Humanities.
Anthologies
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Reviews
*Frank Birbalsingh
''Guyana Journal'', November 2008.
''The Signifyin' Woman'', 19 April 2008.
References
External links
''Nigerians in America'', Ronnie Uzoig, 04/10/2003
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Living people
Nigerian women novelists
Academic staff of the University of Lagos
20th-century Nigerian novelists
21st-century Nigerian novelists
20th-century Nigerian women writers
21st-century Nigerian women writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
International School, Ibadan alumni
Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Guyanese emigrants to Nigeria