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Chima Emmanuel Ugokwe
Early life and education Chima Emmanuel Ugokwe was born in 1986 to the family of Phinihas Ugokwe. He is a Nigerian novelist, poet, essayist, cultural entrepreneur and actor.He is from Uzii, in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo state. He was the eighth of nine children in a middle-class family. His father was a retired classroom teacher in a local school and his mother also teaches in a local primary school. His family is devoted to Jehovah's Witness religion. From a local community school in his village in Uzii, Ugokwe went to Iheme Memorial Grammar School Arondizuogu for his junior high school and Osina Secondary school for his senior high school. He also did some university studies, trained in film production, journalism, digital journalism and Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Career

After his studies, Ugokwe taught briefly in schools, majoring in Basic Writing Skills and ICT. He produced two films and acted in one for Zahara Foundation on Violence against women. He is also involved in Igbo language and culture promotion and worked for Igbo ga-adi foundation, Rotary Club and other organisations to promote Igbo language. In 2006, Ugokwe wrote his first book, Drama, the silence within while in the UK in 2006. In 2008, Ugokwe wrote his second book, Iwe Nwanne Anaghi Eru n'Okpukpu, an African-based story of two brothers who lived in different paths as enemies. The work won ANA/Nnamdi Azikiwe prize for literature in indigenous language that same year and was later published by Goldline and Jacobs in the US. In 2008, Ugokwe founded Popular Age Youth Foundation(PAYF), an NGO that sensitizes youths and children on education and empowers them to develop their talents. Ugokwe has worked with the Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange Organisation since its inception in 2010 to sensitize Nigeria children on the need to see art and culture as instrument of change. In 2010, he was awarded the Ebedi Writers’ Residency, a six-week writing program in the small city of Iseyin, in Oyo state, with Jamaican writer Igoni Barrett. He received the Princess Hastrup Prize for best Research Work and was a real Star in the best 50 Young Nigeria Stars essay writers in Nigeria. He was awarded Great Young Achievers by Commonwealth in celebration of Nigeria 50 years as independent nation. Ugokwe was recognized as a distinguished writer by former Governor of Anambra State Peter Obi. He has won the Best Writer Award by Rotary Club India twice in 2013 and 2015. He was a Commonwealth Fellow in 2015 and 2018 Spanish Ambassador in Nigeria. His latest novel is Drumbeats of the Gods, published in the US. Publications Drumbeat of the Gods 2016 publication Iwe Nwanne Anaghi Eru n’Okpukpu – 2010 (Winner of the Ana/ Ken Nnamani Prize for Igbo Literature, 2008 [1]) The Silence Within – published 2010 Voices of Love Letters from Africa Folded into Silence (2008) 5. Poem for Goodluck Jonathan(Anthology) Song of Sorrow 2012 Pendle War Anthology Short Story is Dead Anthology Nigeria and ICT Experience Anthology African Research Short story Anthology Winter 2014 issue of Hektoen International Medical Journal Winter 2015 issue of Hektoen International Medical Journal Opendoor Series Collected Essays for Wole Soyinka Drumbeat of the Gods 2016 2013 Pendle War Anthology Black Communion Anthology of African Poems 2014 Footmarks: Poems on One Hundred Years of Nigeria’s Nationhood Rotary Peace Essay Collections 2013 Rotary Peace Essay Collections 2015 The Orphans Admat Publication 2018 The King's Son Admat Publication 2018 The Silence Within Admat Publication 2018 The Closet Admat Publication 2018 Coming Home Admat Publication 2018

AWARDS 2006 – 		Happy News Essay Finalist 2006		World Movement for Democracy Essay Finalist 2008 		Wordinaction International Writing Competitions Winner England 2008 		Association of Nigeria Authors/ Things Fall Apart At 50 Art Prize, Nigeria 2008 		Association of Nigeria Authors/ Ken Nnamani Prize for Igbo Literature 2009 		Princess Hastrup Prize For The Best Researched Work 2010 		Wole Soyinka International Culttural Exchange Program Essay Competition Winner 2010 		Nigeria 50 Stars @ 50 Award Winner 2010 		Nominee for Young Writers Achievers Award for Nigeria 50 Years Golden Jubilee by Commonwealth Club London 2011 		Fellow Ebedi International Writers Resident, Nigeria, West Africa 2011		Finalist for Ugreen Essay writing contests 2011 		Zahara Foundation Essay Contest Winner 2012		Finalist of the First Annual Last real IndiansWriting 2012 -		Nigeria ICT Success story Essay Writing contests 2012 -		Short Story is dead writing competitions, South Africa 2012 	- 	Pendlewar poetry writing competitions, England 2012 – 	       Nigeria Saving Nigeria Poetry competition Finalist 2012	-	Remi Raji@ 50 Poetry Finalist 2012		Intel African Award for Best Idea 2013           INDIAFRICAEssay  Writing Contest winner 2013 –         Nigeria Book Foundation /Peter Obi Literary Star Award 2013 –         National orientation Agency Essay Winner 2013 -         Rotary Club India, International Essay Winner 2013 -         Rotary Club India, International Essay Winner, best writer, Africa 2014 –         Teacher award for excellence by Living Forest United Kingdom 2014 –         Teacher award for creativity What About Peace United States 2015 -         Teacher Champion Award Excellence by Living Forest United Kingdom 2015 –         Commonwealth Youth Fellow Award 2015 –         Faithpeace Essay Finalist 2018 -         The César Egido Serrano and the Museum Ambassador of   the Spanish language in Nigeria.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "African Book Awards Database". Indiana University. https://www.indiana.edu/~libsalc/africa/scripts/awards1.php?award=218. Retrieved 11 June 2017. ↑ Ibrahim, Abubakar (6 March 2011). "Inside Nigeria’s only writers’ residency". Daily Trust. https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/feature/3141-inside-nigerias-only-writers-residency. Retrieved 18 June 2017. External links

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