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has made a few ‘Best of’ lists, and has been nominated for a few awards, most notably the Caine Prize for African Literature (twice), the Shirley Jackson awards (once) and the Nommo awards (also once), culminating in her winning the Curtis Brown First Novel prize in 2019 with an excerpt for Dazzling. She lives in the UK with her children and guinea pigs and can be found bellowing about books and whatnot on chikodiliemelumadu (Instagram) and @chemelumadu (Twitter).
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has made a few ‘Best of’ lists, and has been nominated for a few awards, most notably the Caine Prize for African Literature (twice), the Shirley Jackson awards (once) and the Nommo awards (also once), culminating in her winning the Curtis Brown First Novel prize in 2019 with an excerpt for Dazzling. She lives in the UK with her children and guinea pigs and can be found bellowing about books and whatnot on chikodiliemelumadu (Instagram) and @chemelumadu (Twitter).
CHỊKỌDỊLỊ EMELỤMADỤ
MAY 19 2023
CHỊKỌDỊLỊ EMELỤMADỤ•MAY 19 2023
Nigerian novelist, Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ, wrote her award-winning debut novel, Dazzling, ‘because nothing like it exists at the moment’. Emelụmadụ wanted a book that ‘represented the strange mix of world in which I grew up in contemporary south-eastern Nigeria, with its mores, hierarchies, and beliefs.’