Nadifa Mohamed
Nadifa Mohamed (1981) is a Somaliland novelist. She was born in Hargeisa, Somalia in 1981.[1] In 1986 she moved with her family to London.[1] She attended Oxford where she studied History and Politics.[1] She lives in London and is currently working on her second novel.[1] Her first novel, Black Mamba Boy (2009), is a semi-autobiographical account of her father's life in Yemen in the 1930s and 40s.[2] It won the 2010 Betty Trask Award, was short-listed for the 2010 Guardian First Book Award,[3] short-listed for the 2010 Dylan Thomas Prize,[4] short-listed for the 2010 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize,[5] and long-listed for the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Nadifa Mohamed, HarperCollins Author Profile
- ^ "Black Mamba Boy, By Nadifa Mohamed", reviewed by Arifa Akbar, The Independent, 15 January 2010
- ^ "Guardian first book award shortlist revealed", The Guardian, 29 October 2010
- ^ "Somali author Nadifa Mohamed up for first book prize", BBC, 28 October 2010
- ^ "Shortlist announced for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2010". booktrust. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ Black Mamba Boy, Orange Prize for Fiction