Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Chinelo Okparanta is a Nigerian-American writer. Born and raised in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, she emigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 10.She was educated at Pennsylvania State University, Rutgers University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She has published short stories in publications including Granta, Tin House, The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, TriQuarterly, Conjunctions, Subtropics and The Coffin Factory, and has held fellowships or visiting professorships at The University of Iowa, Colgate University and Purdue University. Her essays have appeared in Granta, AGNI, and the University of Iowa International Writing Program blog.Her debut short story collection, Happiness, Like Water was longlisted for the 2013 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. It was also shortlisted for the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and the 2014 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. She has been nominated for a United States Artists Fellowship and was a finalist for the 2014 Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative in Literature. Other honors include the 2013 Society of Midland Authors Award (finalist) and the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing (finalist). Happiness, Like Water was an Editors' Choice for The New York Times Book Review on September 20, 2013. It was also listed as one of The Guardian's Best African Fiction of 2013.Her debut novel, Under the Udala Trees, is slated for future publication.. }
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- Chinelo_Okparanta abstract "Chinelo Okparanta is a Nigerian-American writer. Born and raised in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, she emigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 10.She was educated at Pennsylvania State University, Rutgers University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She has published short stories in publications including Granta, Tin House, The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, TriQuarterly, Conjunctions, Subtropics and The Coffin Factory, and has held fellowships or visiting professorships at The University of Iowa, Colgate University and Purdue University. Her essays have appeared in Granta, AGNI, and the University of Iowa International Writing Program blog.Her debut short story collection, Happiness, Like Water was longlisted for the 2013 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. It was also shortlisted for the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and the 2014 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. She has been nominated for a United States Artists Fellowship and was a finalist for the 2014 Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative in Literature. Other honors include the 2013 Society of Midland Authors Award (finalist) and the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing (finalist). Happiness, Like Water was an Editors' Choice for The New York Times Book Review on September 20, 2013. It was also listed as one of The Guardian's Best African Fiction of 2013.Her debut novel, Under the Udala Trees, is slated for future publication.".