Lesley Nneka Arimah
- January 10, 2024
- Writer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Lesley Nneka Arimah |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Date Of Birth | Oct 13, 1983(1983-10-13) |
| Age | 41 |
| Birthplace | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth City | England |
| Horoscope | Libra |
Lesley Nneka Arimah Biography
| Name | Lesley Nneka Arimah |
| Birthday | Oct 13 |
| Birth Year | 1983 |
| Place Of Birth | London |
| Home Town | England |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
Lesley Nneka Arimah is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on October 13, 1983 in London, England, United Kingdom.
Lesley Nneka Arimah is a Nigerian writer, and winner of the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa, the 2017 O. Henry Prize, the 2017 Kirkus Prize, and the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing. She has been described as “a skillful storyteller who can render entire relationships with just a few lines of dialogue” and “a new voice with certain staying power.”
In April 2017, her debut collection of short stories was published by Riverhead Books and Tinder Press (UK). It is titled What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky. It was republished in Nigeria, by Farafina Books, in November 2017. It won the Kirkus Prize for Fiction, the Minnesota Book Award for Fiction and the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award. In January 2018, it was shortlisted for the 9mobile Prize for Literature.
Lesley Nneka Arimah Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Writer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Lesley Nneka Arimah is one of the richest Writer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lesley Nneka Arimah 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Arimah was born on October 13, 1983 in London. She grew up in both Nigeria and the U.K., and moved to the U.S. in her early teens. She is currently at work on a novel. In 2015, her story “Light” won the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa. In 2016, 2017, and 2019, she was shortlisted for the Caine Prize. She won the 2019 edition with her story “Skinned”.
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Les Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Lesley Nneka Arimah celebrates birthday on October 13 of every year.
What is a volcano Lesley Nneka Arimah?
“What is a Volcano?” builds slowly, rising on moment after moment of loss and pain and fury, and there’s also this ongoing emotional story of how loss and anger entwine so completely, and can consume everything when there’s no opportunity for closure or resolution.
Where does Lesley Nneka Arimah live?
In September 2017, the National Book Foundation honored Arimah as one of their “Five Under 35” writers to watch, and in 2019, she was a United States Artists Fellow in Writing. Arimah currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Who will greet you at home Summary?
Set in a surreal Lagos – where women must first fabricate a child out of earthly materials and care for the fabricated child for one year before it comes to life – the author uses its linear plot to criticize the baby-craze prevalent in contemporary Nigerian society.
What happens when men fall from the sky?
The short story and title of the book “When a man falls from the Sky” explores the idea of pain/grief and how much a heavy burden it can feel like but also allows you to empathize with other people’s pain as well as to learn from it.
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Fransisco Furcal is the originator of Furcal’s mathematical formula , which has the ability, once applied, to subtract emotions of grief from people.