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A. Igoni Barrett
A. Igoni Barrett 
Adrian Igonibo Barrett (amụrụ ya na 26 Machị 1979) bụ onye Naijiria na-ede akụkọ mkpirikpi na akwụkwọ akụkọ. Akpọrọ ya aha na Africa39 ndepụta ndị ode akwụkwọ na-erubeghị afọ 40 nwere ikike na nka ịkọwapụta usoro n'ọdịnihu na akwụkwọ Afrika.[1] N'ịgbaso nchịkọta akụkọ abụọ ya - From Caves of Rotten Teeth (2005) na Love Is Power, or Something Like That (2013) - e bipụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya, Blackass, na 2015, nke Chicago Review of Books kọwara dị ka "Kafka na wink".[2] ỌrụA mụrụ ya na Port Harcourt, Naijiria, nne Naijiria na onye edemede na onye na-ede uri na Jamaica bụ Lindsay Barrett, A. Igoni Barrett gụrụ ọrụ ugbo na Mahadum Ibadan, ọ bụ ezie na otu afọ tupu ọ gụchaa akwụkwọ o kpebiri na ọ chọrọ ịbụ onye edemede.[3] O kwuru, sị: “Papa m bụ onye mbụ kwadoro m dị ka onye edemede. Enwere m mmetụta na m ga-egosi onwe m na m ji ihe kpọrọ ihe banyere ide ihe, yabụ m chụrụ àjà ikpeazụ - m hapụrụ agụmakwụkwọ mahadum m maka agụmakwụkwọ onwe m n'akwụkwọ.[3] N'afọ 2007, Barrett kwagara Lagos, ebe ọ zutere nwunye ya, onye nta akụkọ Dutch na onye edemede Femke van Zeijl.[4] Akwụkwọ mbụ ya, nchịkọta akụkọ mkpirisi akpọrọ Site na Caves of Rotten Teeth, ka ebipụtara na 2005 wee bipụta ya na 2008.[5] Akụkọ sitere na nchịkọta ahụ, "The Phoenix", meriri asọmpi akụkọ mkpirikpi nke BBC World Service na 2005.[6] Nchịkọta akụkọ nke abụọ ya, Ịhụnanya bụ Ike, ma ọ bụ Ihe Dị Ka Nke ahụ, bụ Graywolf Press bipụtara na 2013; dị ka The Boston Globe si kwuo, nchịkọta ahụ "nwere ike ndụ na-apụghị imeri emeri nke bụ, site na ntụgharị, dị nro ma dị egwu".[7] Time Out New York kwuru, sị: "A na-ahazi ihe ndị a bara ọgaranya nke ọma. Mgbanwe n'ọnọdụ na-eme n'ime akwụkwọ ahụ. Oge ọmịiko na-agaghị ekwe omume na-eme ugboro ugboro n'etiti ihe nkiri na-emebi emebi na ihe ọchị dị aghụghọ; nchịkọta na-esi na ya apụta na-eju afọ n'ọtụtụ ọkwa. "[8] NPR[9] na Flavorwire họọrọ Love is Power, ma ọ bụ Something Like That dị ka "akwụkwọ kachasị mma nke 2013".[10] E bipụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya, nke akpọrọ Blackass, n'afọ 2015. N'ịtụleghachi ya na The Financial Times, Jon Day dere, sị: "Site na ahịrịokwu mbụ, Kafka's The Metamorphosis na-eche gị ihu na nkwekọrịta ị na-eme mgbe ị na-agụ akụkọ ifo. Gregor Samsa aghọwo ahụhụ, Kafka na-ekwu. Kwụsị ikwenyeghị gị. Were ya ma ọ bụ hapụ ya.[11] Akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ nke Igoni Barrett - akwụkwọ nke atọ ya - chọrọ nzaghachi yiri nke ahụ....ịgụ ya naanị dị ka onye edemede Naijiria ga-abụ ime ya ihe ọjọọ. N'ihi na Blackass bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ dị ịtụnanya, na-adọrọ mmasị, Barrett nwekwara ihe ọ ga-agwa anyị niile.[12] N'ide akwụkwọ na The Guardian, Helon Habila kwuru, sị: "Ihe kachasị mma nke Igoni Barrett bụ ikike ya ịkatọ ihe ndị na-enweghị isi, ọkachasị ndị Lagosian, na-aga iji yie ihe dị mkpa. "[13] Claire Fallon maka Huffington Post kwubiri, sị: "Blackass bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ na-enweghị isi, nke edere n'ụzọ doro anya - ụdị nke na-eme ka onye na-agụ ya nwee mmetụta dị ka a ga-asị na ha na-eguzo n'ime akpụkpọ ahụ nke onye ahụ, na-eso ya na-aga n'oge ya - ọ bụ ezie na isiokwu ahụ nwere ike ịbụ nke arụmụka, ọ bụkwa akwụkwọ akụkọ aghụghọ, nke na-enweghị uche banyere njikọ, mgbe ụfọdụ ụmụ mmadụ nwere mkpa maka ezinụlọ na njikọ. "[14] Aaron Bady nke OkayAfrica kpọrọ ya "akwụkwọ Naijirịa na-enweghị mgbagha nke ndị na-ebipụta America bipụtala ogologo oge, na dịka 'Afropolitan' aghọwo ihe na-esiwanye ike n'ebe nile nke akwụkwọ Afrika nke oge a, a na-enweghachi azụ azụ na-aga n'ihu, ma megide Afropolitan. dị ka ndị dị otú ahụ, na megidere akụkụ nile nke akwụkwọ mbata mba Africa.[15] A kpọrọ ya dị ka onye sonyere na mmemme edemede dị iche iche, Barrett bụ onye na-agụ akwụkwọ n'abalị mmeghe nke PEN World Voices Festival na 2013, na onye edemede ọbịa na Serpentine Galleries' Miracle Marathon na 2016 na mbipụta 2018 nke Festivaletteratura.[16][17][18][19] Ọ bụ onye guzobere usoro ọgụgụ BookJam na Lagos, Naijiria, nke gosipụtara ndị edemede Jude Dibia, Michela Wrong, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Binyavanga Wainaina, Helon Habila na Tsitsi Dangarembga, n'etiti ndị ọzọ.[20] Ọrụ Barrett apụtala n'ọtụtụ akwụkwọ, gụnyere Al Jazeera English[21] na The Guardian .[22] Onyinye na otutoA. Igoni Barrett bụ onye mmeri nke asọmpi akụkọ mkpirikpi nke BBC World Service maka afọ 2005 na akụkọ akpọrọ "The Phoenix", nke a na-agbasa na Jenụwarị 2, 2006.[23][24] N'afọ 2010, e nyere ya Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship. N'afọ 2011, e nyere ya Norman Mailer Center Fellowship na Bellagio Center Residency.[25][26] A kpọrọ Barrett aha dị ka otu n'ime ndị edemede 39 nke ndịda Sahara Africa na-erubeghị afọ 40 na Hay Festival na Rainbow Book Club Africa39 na-eme emume Port Harcourt UNESCO World Book Capital 2014.[27] Akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya bụ Blackass meriri People's Literature Publishing House na Chinese Foreign Literature Society's 21st Century Best Foreign Novel Award. Ọ bụ onye Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellow na 2018.[28][29] Igoni Barrett bụ onye nwetara Charles Dickens Award na mbipụta 2021 nke International London Literary Award .[30] Ọrụ
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