David Nandi Odhiambo (born June 24, 1965), also known as D. Nandi Odhiambo is an African-Canadian novelist and writer of Luo and Luhya descent.[1] He was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1977.[2] He has a PhD in English Literature from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, an MFA in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a B.A. in classics from McGill University. In 2019 he was one of two recipients of the Elliot Cades Award for Literature, considered among the most prestigious literary honors bestowed in Hawaiʻi.[3] As of fall 2019, he is an associate professor of English at the University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu.[4][5]
Odhiambo has published four novels: diss/ed banded nation in 1998, Kipligat's Chance in 2003, and The Reverend's Apprentice, Volume I in 2008, and Smells like Stars in 2018.[6]
References
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- ^ Wiles, Greg (25 April 2019). "UH faculty awarded 2019 Elliot Cades Award for literature | University of Hawaiʻi System News". Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ^ "Odhiambo's fourth novel is drawing attention as it nears publication this fall". E Kamakani Hou. 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ^ "D. Nandi Odhiambo". westoahu.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- ^ Wiles, Greg (25 April 2019). "UH faculty awarded 2019 Elliot Cades Award for literature | University of Hawaiʻi System News". Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- Revival:an anthology of Black Canadian Writing, 2006 (McClelland & Stewart)
- Bluesprint: Black British Columbian literature and orature, 2002 (Arsenal Pulp Press)
- Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada, 2002 (University of Toronto Press)
- African Canadian Online, York University
- Penguin Books Author page,
- Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review,
- BC BookWorld biography of David N. Odhiambo
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