Nigeria Prize for Literature facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Nigeria Prize for Literature |
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2018 winner, Dr. Soji Cole in his office with his plaque (2018)
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| Presented by | Nigerian Academy of Science with advisory board constituted from:
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| Date | Annual |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Reward | US$100,000 |
| First awarded | 2005 |
| Currently held by | Soji Cole |
Nigeria Prize for Literature is a Nigerian literary award given annually since 2004 to honor literary erudition by Nigerian authors. The award rotates among four genres; fiction, poetry, drama and children's literature, repeating the cycle every four years. With the total prize value of US$100,000 to individual winner, it is the biggest literary award in Africa and one of the richest literary awards in the world.
Past recipients
| Year | Recipient | Book | Genre | Note |
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| 2018 | Soji Cole | Embers | Drama | |
| 2017 | Ikeogu Oke | The Heresiad | Poetry | |
| 2016 | Abubakar Adam Ibrahim | Season of Crimson Blossoms | Prose | |
| 2015 | Children's literature | No Winner. | ||
| 2014 | Sam Ukala | Iredi War | Drama | |
| 2013 | Tade Ipadeola | The Sahara Testaments | Poetry | |
| 2012 | Chika Unigwe | On Black Sisters' Street | Prose | |
| 2011 | Adeleke Adeyemi | The Missing Clock | Children's literature | |
| 2010 | Esiaba Irobi | Cemetery Road | Drama | Posthumous |
| 2009 | Poetry | No Winner | ||
| 2008 | Kaine Agary | Yellow Yellow | Prose | |
| 2007 (Shared prize) | Mabel Segun | Readers' Theatre: Twelve Plays for Young People | Children's literature | |
| Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo | My Cousin Sammy | Children's literature | ||
| 2006 | Ahmed Yerima | Hard Ground | Drama | |
| 2005 (Shared prize) | Gabriel Okara | The Dreamer: His Vision | Poetry | |
| Ezenwa Ohaeto | Chants of Minstrel | Poetry | ||
| 2004 | Prose | No Winner. |
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