Obari Gomba

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Obari Gomba is a Nigerian writer and a playwright. [1] In 2023, he won the Nigeria Prize for Literature for his work Grit . [2] [3]

Career

Gomba is an associate dean of Humanities and teaches Literary and Creative Writing at the University of Port Harcourt. [2] He won the ANA Poetry Prize in 2017 and 2018 was a Honorary Fellow in Writing at the University of Iowa. [3]

Gomba's work had been shortlisted five times since 2013 for the Nigeria Prize for Literature prior to winning it in 2023 for his play Grit, [2] which Lindsay Barrett described as "a cautionary tale in which the reader or the onlooker is being alerted to the resilience and determined existence of GRIT as a quality of life. ... a wholesome commentary on Nigeria's contemporary political circumstance." [4]

References

  1. ↑ Obinna, Emelike (2023-09-18). "'The significance of the Nigerian Prize for Literature is bigger than the verdict of the jury'". Businessday NG. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
  2. 1 2 3 Obinna, Emelike (13 October 2023). "Obari Gomba wins Nigerian Prize for Literature after five attempts". Business Day . Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 Odeh, Nehru (13 October 2023). "Obari Gomba wins 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature, carts home $100,000". P.M. News . Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Barrett, Lindsay (5 November 2023). "GRIT AS THE WINNER OF THE NIGERIA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023: An Examination Of Modern Political Dysfunction". Leadership . Nigeria.
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