Irenosen Okojie

Judith Rahn (Heinrich Heine Universität)

Ed. by Jenni Ramone, The Nottingham Trent University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of York), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

Born 1 Jan 1978
Activity 2016-ongoing

Places

Born in Nigeria
Active in United Kingdom

Cultural Identities

Black British

Activities

Primary

Novelist

Other

Story-writer

Resources

Okojie's Works

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Nigerian-born author Irenosen Okojie is a relatively new player on the British literary landscape. After spending the first eight years of her life in Nigeria, she proceeded to receive her education between several boarding schools (Gresham’s Boarding School in Holt, Norfolk; Stamford Boarding School for Girls in Stamford, Lincolnshire) and London-based schools, early on cementing her strong relationship with this vibrant, dynamic city (Okojie 2017). She went on to attended London Metropolitan University where she studied Communications and Visual Culture. London has since evolved to become the pivotal element of her writing. The city’s pulsating potentiality combined with society’s increasing individuation and the screen-based existence of contemporary urban life are at the basis…

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Citation: Rahn, Judith. "Irenosen Okojie". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 October 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14038, accessed 21 November 2024.]