Olubunmi Familoni

This article is about the writer. For the chemist, see Oluwole Babafemi Familoni.

Olubunmi Familoni is a Nigerian author and playwright. He is the 2024 recipient of the Nigeria Prize for Literature. His book, The Road Does Not End won him the award. ^[1] He also won the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) prize for short stories in 2015, and children's literature in 2020.

Writing career

Familoni is an author and playwright, who focuses on plays, short fiction and essays. He won the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) prize for short stories in 2015 for his collection of stories, Smithereens of Death. In 2020, he also won the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize for Children's Literature for his book I'll Call My Brother for You. In 2023, the manuscript for his novel The Becoming-Nothing of Bodies was longlisted for the Island Prize. That same year, he won the ANA Prize for Drama for his book When Big Masquerades Dance Naked, which was also nominated for the Nigeria Prize for Literature, but lost to the eventual winner, Obari Gomba. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2024, his book, The Road Does Not End , won the Nigeria Prize for Literature.

Bibliography

• Smithereens of Death
• I'll Call My Brother for You
• The Becoming-Nothing of Bodies
• When Big Masquerades Dance Naked
• The Road Does Not End

References

1. Aguoye, Jane (11 October 2024). "Olubunmi Familoni wins NLNG's $100,000 Literature Prize". Premium Times. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
2. "Olubunmi Familoni". The Nigeria Prizes Website. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
3. Sam-Duru, Prisca (15 October 2023). "How Obari won $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature" . Retrieved 29 June 2025.