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Monica Arac de Nyeko (born 1979) is a Ugandan writer of short fiction, poetry, and essays, living in Nairobi. In 2007 she became the first Ugandan to win the Caine Prize for African Writing, with her story "Jambula Tree". She had previously been shortlisted for the prize in 2004 for "Strange Fruit", a story about child soldiers in Gulu, Northern Uganda. She is a member of FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers Association and the chief editor of T:AP Voices. She taught literature and English at St. Mary's College Kisubi before proceeding to pursue a Master in Humanitarian Assistance at the University of Groningen. Her personal essay "In the Stars" won first prize in the Women's World, Women in War Zones essay writing competition. She has been published in Memories of Sun, The Nation, IS magazine,

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  • Monica Arac (1979), es una profesora, escritora y poeta ugandesa, vive en Sudán. Es licenciada en educación por la Universidad Makerere y tiene un máster en la Universidad de Groningen.​ Es miembro de la Asociación Uganda Escritoras (FEMRITE).​ Galardonada con el Premio Caine en 2007.​​ (es)
  • Monica Arac de Nyeko (born 1979) is a Ugandan writer of short fiction, poetry, and essays, living in Nairobi. In 2007 she became the first Ugandan to win the Caine Prize for African Writing, with her story "Jambula Tree". She had previously been shortlisted for the prize in 2004 for "Strange Fruit", a story about child soldiers in Gulu, Northern Uganda. She is a member of FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers Association and the chief editor of T:AP Voices. She taught literature and English at St. Mary's College Kisubi before proceeding to pursue a Master in Humanitarian Assistance at the University of Groningen. Her personal essay "In the Stars" won first prize in the Women's World, Women in War Zones essay writing competition. She has been published in Memories of Sun, The Nation, IS magazine, Poetry International and several other publications. She is one of the writers announced as part of the Africa39 project unveiled by Rainbow, Hay Festival and Bloomsbury Publishing at the London Book Fair 2014. It is a list of 39 of Sub-Saharan Africa's most promising writers under the age of 40. (en)
  • Monica Arac de Nyeko, née en 1979 à Kitgum, est une écrivaine ougandaise, vivant à Nairobi, au Kenya. En 2007, elle est la première Ougandaise à obtenir le prix Caine avec sa nouvelle Jambula Tree. Elle est membre de l'association , qui soutient les autrices ougandaises. (fr)
  • Моника Арак де Ньеко (англ. Monica Arac de Nyeko, 1979, Китгум) — угандийский прозаик и поэтесса. (ru)
  • Monica Arac de Nyeko, född 1979 i Kitgum, är en ugandisk novellförfattare och poet, bosatt i Sudan. Arac de Nyeko tillhör acholifolket. Hon tog en fil kand i utbildning vid Makerereuniversitetet och arbetade sedan i två år som lärare i engelska och litteratur på en pojkskola i innan hon flyttade till Nederländerna och tog en magistersexamen i humanitärt stöd på universitetet i Groningen. För novellen Jambula Tree vann hon 2007 det afrikanska novellpriset Caine Prize. Berättelsen handlar om ett lesbiskt par i ett land där homosexualitet är straffbart. Novellen är publicerad i antologin African Love Stories, sammanställd av Ama Ata Aidoo. En annan uppmärksammad novell av Arac de Nyeko är Strange Fruit, som handlar om frun till en man som rebeller tvingar att kämpa med dem i norra Uganda. Titeln anspelar på sången med samma namn, som gjorts känd av Billie Holiday. Novellen hamnade 2004 på korta listan för Caine Prize. Arac de Nyeko är medlem av , Ugandas kvinnliga författarförbund. (sv)
  • Моніка Арак де Ньєко (англ. Monica Arac de Nyeko) — угандійська письменниця, поетеса та есесїстка. Живе у Найробі, Кенія. (uk)
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  • Monica Arac de Nyeko (en)
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  • Monica Arac de Nyeko (en)
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  • Kitgum, Uganda (en)
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  • "Jambula Tree" (en)
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  • Monica Arac (1979), es una profesora, escritora y poeta ugandesa, vive en Sudán. Es licenciada en educación por la Universidad Makerere y tiene un máster en la Universidad de Groningen.​ Es miembro de la Asociación Uganda Escritoras (FEMRITE).​ Galardonada con el Premio Caine en 2007.​​ (es)
  • Monica Arac de Nyeko, née en 1979 à Kitgum, est une écrivaine ougandaise, vivant à Nairobi, au Kenya. En 2007, elle est la première Ougandaise à obtenir le prix Caine avec sa nouvelle Jambula Tree. Elle est membre de l'association , qui soutient les autrices ougandaises. (fr)
  • Моника Арак де Ньеко (англ. Monica Arac de Nyeko, 1979, Китгум) — угандийский прозаик и поэтесса. (ru)
  • Моніка Арак де Ньєко (англ. Monica Arac de Nyeko) — угандійська письменниця, поетеса та есесїстка. Живе у Найробі, Кенія. (uk)
  • Monica Arac de Nyeko (born 1979) is a Ugandan writer of short fiction, poetry, and essays, living in Nairobi. In 2007 she became the first Ugandan to win the Caine Prize for African Writing, with her story "Jambula Tree". She had previously been shortlisted for the prize in 2004 for "Strange Fruit", a story about child soldiers in Gulu, Northern Uganda. She is a member of FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers Association and the chief editor of T:AP Voices. She taught literature and English at St. Mary's College Kisubi before proceeding to pursue a Master in Humanitarian Assistance at the University of Groningen. Her personal essay "In the Stars" won first prize in the Women's World, Women in War Zones essay writing competition. She has been published in Memories of Sun, The Nation, IS magazine, (en)
  • Monica Arac de Nyeko, född 1979 i Kitgum, är en ugandisk novellförfattare och poet, bosatt i Sudan. Arac de Nyeko tillhör acholifolket. Hon tog en fil kand i utbildning vid Makerereuniversitetet och arbetade sedan i två år som lärare i engelska och litteratur på en pojkskola i innan hon flyttade till Nederländerna och tog en magistersexamen i humanitärt stöd på universitetet i Groningen. Arac de Nyeko är medlem av , Ugandas kvinnliga författarförbund. (sv)
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  • Ньеко, Моника Арак де (ru)
  • Monica Arac de Nyeko (sv)
  • Моніка Арак де Ньєко (uk)
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