Uwem Akpan

Uwem Akpan 's prose has won the Commonwealth Prize, the Open Book Prize, and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and his first collection was an Oprah Book Club selection. He is from Ikot Akpan Eda in the Niger Delta in Nigeria and lives in Gainesville, Florida.

Uwem Akpan 's prose has won the Commonwealth Prize, the Open Book Prize, and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and his first collection was an Oprah Book Club selection. He is from Ikot Akpan Eda in the Niger Delta in Nigeria and lives in Gainesville, Florida. See less