Hannah Giorgis shortlisted for AKO Caine Prize

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Today 2022 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing shortlisted 5 writers for its annual award. Among the shortlisted 5 writers Ethiopian dissent Hannah Giorgi’s is also listed.

Hannah Giorgis is a staff writer at The Atlantic. The daughter of Ethiopian immigrants, she lives in Brooklyn by way of Southern California. Her criticism and reporting have appeared in publications including the New York Times magazine, The Guardian, and Pitchfork. Hannah’s short stories have appeared in the Addis Ababa Noir anthology, the Lifted Brow literary journal, and SPOOK magazine. She was the recipient of the 2018 Yoojin Grace Wuertz Writers of Immigration and Diaspora fellowship at the Jack Jones Literary Arts retreat and the 2021 Writer-in-Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Most recently, Hannah co-wrote Ida B. The Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells, a dedication to the pioneering American journalist and advocate, with Wells’ great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster.

 

Joshua Chizoma – ‘Collector of Memories’
Nana-Ama Danquah – ‘When a Man Loves a Woman’
Hannah Giorgis – ‘A Double-Edged Inheritance’
Idza Luhumyo – Five Years Next Sunday’
Billie McTernan – ‘The Labadi Sunshine Bar’

Speaking of the shortlist, Okey Ndibe, Chair of Judges, says: ‘The 2022 entries represented a staggering feast. It was a testament to the vibrancy, variety and splendour of creative talent among writers of African descent.’

 

 

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