David Diai
David Diai holds a B.A. English (Literature) degree from the prestigious University of Ibadan. He is a Poet and Novelist whose works have been published widely in the Art pages of prominent Nigerian and International newspapers and Journals. His poems and short stories have also appeared in several anthologies in Nigeria. Regarded as an original and remarkable poet, essayist and short story writer, he has been at the vanguard of galvanizing the literary environment in the Niger Delta Area of Nigeria, not only as the founder of the Niger Delta Writers Network, but indeed as the initiator of other literary bodies across the area. He is a renowned Journalist and is currently the Publisher of FLASHPOINT Newspaper, the leading regional Newspaper in Delta state and also the Chairman of the Delta Literary Forum. His recent work is ASHFLAKES; a collections of Poems. He is also working on a book of short stories titled: I Need a Wife and Other Stories.
Entries by this Author
Drum Beats for Nduka Otiono in the Delta
- By David Diai
- Published August 4, 2009
- Features
- Unrated
The literary environment in Asaba, the capital city of Delta state was agog on Thursday 30th July 2009, with a new and novel initiative which had just come to town. Like the legendary People of Abame in Chinua Achebe’s famous novel, a new adage had come to the town and the entire place was literally buzzing with a certain literary excitement, the kind of which had not been witnessed since Asaba hosted the Association of Nigerian Authors national convention in the city in 2002...Odyssey - Poems by David Diai
- By David Diai
- Published April 4, 2009
- Poetry
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...and i like Caliban’s shadow
chase filaments of echoes
ricocheting in the empty cellar
where my heart once was...
I Want To Be Part Of The Nigerian Literary Community - Ken Wiwa
- By David Diai
- Published February 15, 2007
- Profiles & Interviews
- Unrated
Writers generally do not have it easy anywhere in the world, but it is particularly not easy in Nigeria. There are great writers here but the frustration is that environment is not particularly conducive...
