Tope Folarin | |
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| Born | Oluwabusayo Temitope Folarin 1981 (age 42–43) Ogden, Utah, U.S. |
| Education | Morehouse College (BA) Harris Manchester College, Oxford (MSc) |
| Awards | Caine Prize (2013) Whiting Award for Fiction (2021) |
| Website | Official website |
Tope Folarin (born 1981) is a Nigerian-American writer and executive director of the Institute for Policy Studies. He won the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story "Miracle".[1] In April 2014 he was named in the Hay Festival's Africa39 project as one of the 39 Sub-Saharan African writers aged under 40 with the potential and the talent to define the trends of the region.[2] His story "Genesis" was shortlisted for the 2016 Caine Prize.[3]
- ^ "Previous winners: 2013 Tope Folarin", The Caine Prize.
- ^ Africa39 list of artists, Hay Festival.
- ^ Alison Flood, "Nigerian author Tope Folarin in running for second Caine prize", The Guardian, 11 May 2016.
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