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- Aminatta Forna, OBE (born 1964), is a Scottish and Sierra Leonean writer. She is the author of a memoir, The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest, and four novels: Ancestor Stones (2006), The Memory of Love (2010), The Hired Man (2013) and Happiness (2018). Her novel The Memory of Love was awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for "Best Book" in 2011, and was also shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Forna is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University and was, until recently, Sterling Brown Distinguished Visiting professor at Williams College in Massachusetts. She is currently Director and Lannan Foundation Chair of Poetics of the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice at Georgetown University. Forna won the 2014 Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (fiction). Forna was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to literature. Forna is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, sits on the advisory committee for the Royal Literary Fund and the Caine Prize for African Writing, has been a judge on several high-profile prize panels, including the 2017 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and continues to champion the work of up-and-coming diverse authors. In March 2019, Forna's Happiness was shortlisted for the European Literature Prize, and in April 2019 was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature (RSL) Ondaatje Prize and for the Jhalak Prize (en)
- Aminatta Forna, OBE (geboren im 1964 in Glasgow, Schottland) ist eine britische Schriftstellerin. (de)
- Aminatta Forna, née en 1964 à Glasgow, est une écrivaine britannique. (fr)
- Aminatta Forna (Bellshill, Escocia,1964), es una escritora escocesa de origen sierraleonés. Es autora de un libro de memorias,The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest, y cinco novelas: Ancestor Stones (2006), The Memory of Love (2010), The Hired Man (2013) ,Happiness (2018), The Window Seat (2021). Su novela The Memory of Love recibió el premio Commonwealth Writers 'Prize al "Mejor libro" en 2011, y también fue preseleccionada para el Orange Prize for Fiction . Además es Oficial de la Orden del Imperio británico. (es)
- Aminatta Forna (Bellshill, 1964) è una scrittrice britannica, di origine sierraleonese. (it)
- Aminatta Forna (geboren in Glasgow in 1964) is een Britse schrijfster. Aminatta Forna werd eerst bekend als documentairemaakster en reporter voor de BBC. Ze werkte er in de domeinen kunst en politiek. Ook met haar Afrika-documentaires verwierf ze bekendheid. Vanaf 2003 schrijft ze boeken. Haar eerste boek (The Devil that Danced on the Water, memoires) werd al meteen erg goed onthaald, en later werd ze een erg succesvol auteur. (nl)
- Аминатта Форна (англ. Aminatta Forna, ноябрь 1964, Глазго) — британская писательница афро-шотландского происхождения. (ru)
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- Aminatta Forna, OBE (geboren im 1964 in Glasgow, Schottland) ist eine britische Schriftstellerin. (de)
- Aminatta Forna, née en 1964 à Glasgow, est une écrivaine britannique. (fr)
- Aminatta Forna (Bellshill, Escocia,1964), es una escritora escocesa de origen sierraleonés. Es autora de un libro de memorias,The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest, y cinco novelas: Ancestor Stones (2006), The Memory of Love (2010), The Hired Man (2013) ,Happiness (2018), The Window Seat (2021). Su novela The Memory of Love recibió el premio Commonwealth Writers 'Prize al "Mejor libro" en 2011, y también fue preseleccionada para el Orange Prize for Fiction . Además es Oficial de la Orden del Imperio británico. (es)
- Aminatta Forna (Bellshill, 1964) è una scrittrice britannica, di origine sierraleonese. (it)
- Aminatta Forna (geboren in Glasgow in 1964) is een Britse schrijfster. Aminatta Forna werd eerst bekend als documentairemaakster en reporter voor de BBC. Ze werkte er in de domeinen kunst en politiek. Ook met haar Afrika-documentaires verwierf ze bekendheid. Vanaf 2003 schrijft ze boeken. Haar eerste boek (The Devil that Danced on the Water, memoires) werd al meteen erg goed onthaald, en later werd ze een erg succesvol auteur. (nl)
- Аминатта Форна (англ. Aminatta Forna, ноябрь 1964, Глазго) — британская писательница афро-шотландского происхождения. (ru)
- Aminatta Forna, OBE (born 1964), is a Scottish and Sierra Leonean writer. She is the author of a memoir, The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest, and four novels: Ancestor Stones (2006), The Memory of Love (2010), The Hired Man (2013) and Happiness (2018). Her novel The Memory of Love was awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for "Best Book" in 2011, and was also shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Forna is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University and was, until recently, Sterling Brown Distinguished Visiting professor at Williams College in Massachusetts. She is currently Director and Lannan Foundation Chair of Poetics of the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice at Georgetown University. (en)
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