Prison Stories

Prison Stories
	First edition
Author	Helon Habila
Language	English
Genre	Literary Fiction, Social novel
Set in	Nigeria
Publisher	Epic Books
Publication date	2000
Publication place	Nigeria
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	153 pp (first edition)
ISBN	9789783039728 (first edition)
OCLC	50069353

Last updated January 19, 2026

Prison Stories, styled as Prison Stories: A Collection of Short Storie[s], is a collection of prison stories by Nigerian writer Helon Habila. "Love Poem", which is among the stories included in the collection, won the 2001 Caine Prize for African Writing.^[1]^[2] It was first published by Epic Books.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Plot summary

The book is a collection of short stories about the brutal life faced by prisoners in prison, mostly by those are innocent.

References

↑ Stephen Williams (1 September 2001). "Nigeria's Habila wins Caine prize". All Business. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
↑ "Helon Habila". Contemporary Writers. British Council. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
↑ "Prison diary". The Economist. 26 July 2001.
↑ Courtois, Cédric (2018). "'In this Country, the Very Air We Breathe is Politics': Helon Habila and the Flowing Together of Politics and Poetics". Commonwealth Essays and Studies. 40 (2): 55–68. doi: 10.4000/ces.289 .
↑ Singer, Ron (2007). "O Ti Lo Waju (You Have Gone Past All): The Caine Prize for African Writing". The Georgia Review. 61 (2): 401–421. JSTOR 41402861.
↑ "Helon Habila highlights plight of migrants in new novel". Daily Monitor. 21 July 2020.
↑ Cowley, Jason (26 July 2001). "To finish my book was an act of will". The Guardian.

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[1] Stephen Williams (1 September 2001). "Nigeria's Habila wins Caine prize". All Business. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[2] "Helon Habila". Contemporary Writers. British Council. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[3] "Prison diary". The Economist. 26 July 2001.

[4] Courtois, Cédric (2018). "'In this Country, the Very Air We Breathe is Politics': Helon Habila and the Flowing Together of Politics and Poetics". Commonwealth Essays and Studies. 40 (2): 55–68. doi: 10.4000/ces.289 .

[5] Singer, Ron (2007). "O Ti Lo Waju (You Have Gone Past All): The Caine Prize for African Writing". The Georgia Review. 61 (2): 401–421. JSTOR 41402861.

[6] "Helon Habila highlights plight of migrants in new novel". Daily Monitor. 21 July 2020.

[7] Cowley, Jason (26 July 2001). "To finish my book was an act of will". The Guardian.

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