Sola Osofisan
06-08-2007, 01:54 AM
By Hephzibah Anderson
(Bloomberg) -- Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie won the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction, collecting 30,000 pounds ($59,775) and a bronze statuette called ``the Bessie'' after defeating competition from Anne Tyler and four other finalists in the U.K.'s annual literary award for women.
Adichie received the award during a ceremony at London's Royal Festival Hall for her second novel, ``Half of a Yellow Sun (http://astore.amazon.com/naijarules-20/detail/1400044162/002-1385739-3664064),'' a haunting look at Biafra's struggle in the late 1960s to break away from Nigeria.
This year's finalists had a strong international flavor, both in their nationalities and in their subject matter. Contenders included Indian-born Kiran Desai, whose ``The Inheritance of Loss'' explores how globalization influences a Himalayan village, and Xiaolu Guo from China, author of ``A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers,'' a romance...
http://www.africanwriter.com/blogs/25/Nigerian-Novelist-Adichie-Wins-UK039s-Orange-Prize-for-Fiction.html
(Bloomberg) -- Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie won the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction, collecting 30,000 pounds ($59,775) and a bronze statuette called ``the Bessie'' after defeating competition from Anne Tyler and four other finalists in the U.K.'s annual literary award for women.
Adichie received the award during a ceremony at London's Royal Festival Hall for her second novel, ``Half of a Yellow Sun (http://astore.amazon.com/naijarules-20/detail/1400044162/002-1385739-3664064),'' a haunting look at Biafra's struggle in the late 1960s to break away from Nigeria.
This year's finalists had a strong international flavor, both in their nationalities and in their subject matter. Contenders included Indian-born Kiran Desai, whose ``The Inheritance of Loss'' explores how globalization influences a Himalayan village, and Xiaolu Guo from China, author of ``A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers,'' a romance...
http://www.africanwriter.com/blogs/25/Nigerian-Novelist-Adichie-Wins-UK039s-Orange-Prize-for-Fiction.html