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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

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Biography

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o born James Ngugi; 5 January 1938) is a Kenyan author and academic who writes primarily in Gikuyu and who formerly wrote in English. He has been described as having been “considered East Africa’s leading novelist”. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, and essays, ranging from literary and social criticism to children’s literature. He is the founder and editor of the Gikuyu-language journal Mũtĩiri. His short story The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright, is translated into 100 languages from around the world.

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2001 International Nonino Prize in Italy, and the 2016 Park Kyong-ni Prize, Nobel Prize Nominee.

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