Osonye Tess Onwueme
- January 10, 2024
- Writer
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Osonye Tess Onwueme Biography
| Name | Osonye Tess Onwueme |
| Birthday | Sep 8 |
| Birth Year | 1955 |
| Place Of Birth | Nigeria |
| Birth Country | Nigeria |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
Osonye Tess Onwueme is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on September 8, 1955 in Nigeria, Nigeria.
She was born Osonye Akeake in Ogwashi Ukwu, present-day Delta state, to the family of barrister Chief Akaeke and Maria Eziashr. Osonye was educated at Mary Mount Secondary School; it was while at the school that she first dabbled in writing. After secondary education, she married an agronomist, I. C. Onwueme, and bore five children, during the time she attended the University of Ife, for her bachelor’s degree in education (1979) and master’s in literature (1982). She obtained her PhD at the University of Benin, studying African Drama. In 1998 she married Obika Gray, a Jamaican political scientist.
She has won several international awards, including: the prestigious Fonlon- Nichols award (2009), the Phyllis Wheatley/Nwapa award for outstanding black writers (2008), the Martin Luther King, Jr./Caeser Chavez Distinguished Writers Award (1989/90), the Distinguished Authors Award (1988), and the Association of Nigerian Authors Drama Prize, which she has won several times with plays such as The Desert Encroaches (1985), Tell It To Women (1995), Shakara: Dance-Hall Queen (2001), Then She Said it (2003), among numerous honors and international productions of her drama.
Osonye Tess Onwueme Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Writer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Osonye Tess Onwueme is one of the richest Writer from Nigeria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Osonye Tess Onwueme 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Osonye Tess Onwueme, also known as T. Akaeke Onwueme (born 8 September 1955) is a Nigerian playwright, scholar and poet, who rose to prominence writing plays with themes of social justice, culture, and the environment. In 2010, she became the University Professor of Global Letters, following her exceptional service as Distinguished Professor of Cultural Diversity and English at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. Through her plays, she is able to use the theatre as a medium to showcase historically silenced views such as African women, and shedding more light on African life. She sustains her advocacy for the global poor and youth, along with the experiences and concerns of the (African) Diaspora in her creative work. In 2007, the US State Department appointed her to the Public Diplomacy Speaker Program for North, East, and West India. The 2009 Tess International Conference: Staging Women, Youth, Globalization, and Eco-Literature, which was exclusively devoted to the author’s work, was successfully held by international scholars in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, following the Fonlon-Nichols award to the dramatist. She is regarded as one of the band of more important African authors. She also is an active speaker regarding domestic violence.
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