Pemi Aguda

Pemi Aguda is a Nigerian writer, architect, and podcast host.

Pemi Aguda
Born
Nigeria
Known forshort stories

Biography

Pemi Aguda was born in Nigeria and lives in Lagos, where she works as an architect. She has a master's degree in Architecture. Aguda won the 2015 Writivism Short Story Prize and was the first recipient of the first Writivism Stellenbosch University writing residency. Her stories are published in Omenana, Saraba, The Kalahari Review, Black Fox Literary Magazine, The Wrong Quarterly and in Prufrock Magazine. Her work also appears in short story anthologies. In 2019 Aguda became a scholarship recipient of the Juniper institute and the 2019 Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Anthologies
  • These Words Expose Us
  • Lagos Noir

References and sources
  1. Umesi, Afoma (2017-07-21). "Nigerian writer, 'Pemi Aguda, on the life-changing effect of books". Afoma Umesi. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  2. Miscellaneous (2015-07-15). "Interview - Pemi Aguda - Winner of the 2015 Writivism Short Story Competition". Brittle Paper. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  3. Zadok, Rachel (2015-07-15). "'...write, despite the convenient excuse of 'life'.' An Interview with Pemi Aguda". Short Story Day Africa. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  4. Ryman, About Geoff (2018-04-27). "'Pemi Aguda". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  5. Emelife, Jennifer (2015-07-12). "WRITIVISM2015: Pemi Aguda Speaks". Praxis Magazine for Arts & Literature. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  6. "Pemi Aguda is first Writivism Stellenbosch University writing residency recipient". James Murua's Literature Blog. 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
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