Maik Nwosu

Field of Practice:

Literature

City, Country:

Lagos, Nigeria

Year:

2000, 2001

Stay(s):

Feb 2001 - June 2001

Born 1965 in Onitsha/Nigeria.

1991-1993 journalist for The Sunday Magazine, Lagos. 1993-1996 editor for The Sunday Magazine. 1996 editor for ANA Review (Journal of the Nigerian Writers Association). Since 1996 editor at The Source.

Published the poetry collection „Suns of Kush” (1996) and the short stories „Return to Algadez” (1997). Unpublished works include the novel „Invisible Chapters” and the play „Characters from Nubia”.

Various Nigerian prizes (Arts Reporter of the Year 1993, Journalist of the Year 1995). 1995 Cadbury poets prize of the Nigerian Writers Association.

selected by

Monika Maron