Jude Dibia (born 5 January 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian novelist. [1] In 2007, he won the Ken Saro-Wiwa Prize for Prose for his novel Unbridled. He has been shortlisted for awards such as Nigeria Prize for Literature, the Commonwealth Prize and the Swedish Natur och Kultur Pris. [2]
Dibia studied at the University of Ibadan, and earned a B.A. in Modern European Languages (German). [1]
Jude's novels have been described as daring and controversial by readers and critics in and out of Africa. Walking with Shadows is said to be the first Nigerian novel that has a gay man as its central character and treats his experience as a positive and great insight, inviting a positive response to his situation. Unbridled, too, stirred some controversy on its publication; it is a story that tackles the emancipation of its female protagonist, who had suffered incest and various abuse from men. [3]
Dibia's short stories have appeared on various online literary sites, including AfricanWriter.com and Halftribe.com. One of his short stories is included in the anthology One World: A global anthology of short stories, alongside stories by such critically acclaimed writers as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Jhumpa Lahiri. [4]
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