Teju Cole

Quick Facts

Full Name	Teju Cole
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Jun 27, 1975(1975-06-27)
Age	49
Birthplace	Kalamazoo
Country	United States
Birth City	Michigan
Horoscope	Gemini

Teju Cole Biography

Teju Cole is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on June 27, 1975 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Popular for his story Everyday Is to the Thief and the full length book Open City. He also has gained recognition for his work as a journalist for national publications, including The New York Times.

He was described as one of the most acclaimed writers of his time by He was called one of the greatest writers of his generation by Salman Rushdie..

Cole was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Nigerian parents, and is the oldest of four children. Cole and his mother returned to Lagos, Nigeria, shortly after his birth, where his father joined them after receiving his MBA from Western Michigan University. Cole moved back to the United States at the age of 17 to attend Western Michigan University for one year, then transferred to Kalamazoo College, where he received his bachelor’s degree in 1996. After dropping out of medical school at the University of Michigan, Cole enrolled in an African art history program at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, then pursued a doctorate in art history at Columbia University. He is the Gore Vidal Professor of the Practice of Creative Writing at Harvard University and currently lives in Cambridge, Mass.

Cole is a regular contributor to publications including the New York Times, Qarrtsiluni, Granta, The New Yorker, Transition magazine, The New Inquiry, and A Public Space. Quarrtsiluni (2005–2013) was an online literary magazine that attempted to edit blog software from social media; the purpose behind it was to give full access to writers/commentators of various issues “who never quite realized our dream of creating a print-on-demand option for each issue.” His monthly column for The New York Times Magazine, “On Photography,” was a finalist for a National Magazine Award in 2016.

His birthplace was Kalamazoo, Michigan to Nigerian parents. He is the fourth oldest of four kids.

Teju Cole Net Worth

Teju Cole is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Teju Cole 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He graduated with a bachelor’s degree at Kalamazoo College in 1996. Then, he entered medicine at University of Michigan before dropping out. He later received his doctorate in art history at Columbia University.

The book Open City was placed on the Time Magazine’s 2011 Best Books of the Year list. He is believed to have invented the phrase “White-Savior Industrial Complex” following his own tweets.

Teju Cole (born June 27, 1975) is a Nigerian-American writer, whose real name is Obayemi Babajide Adetokunbo Onafuwa. He is also a photographer, and art historian.

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Alongside Michael Ondaatje, Francine Prose, Peter Carey, Rachel Kushner and Taiye Selasi, Cole was one of six writers who protested the PEN American Center gala honoring the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo with its “Freedom of Expression Courage” award in April 2015 by withdrawing as co-hosts of the event. Writing in The New Yorker two days after the massacre of the Charlie Hebdo staff by Islamists in Paris, Cole claimed that the French publication was “racist and Islamophobic”, a charge met with criticism from numerous commentators, including the president of SOS Racisme, France’s leading anti-racism organization, who praised Charlie Hebdo as “the greatest anti-racist weekly in this country.” and French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira, who delivered a eulogy.

Facts & Trivia

Teju Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Teju Cole celebrates birthday on June 27 of every year.

In 2016, Cole published his first collection of essays and criticism. Writing for the New York Times, the poet Claudia Rankine called it “an essential and scintillating journey,” and singled out, in particular, his essays on photography, wherein he “reveals [his] voracious appetite for and love of the visual.”

Is Teju Cole married?

Teju Cole currently lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, Karen , a social worker.

Where is Teju Cole from?

Kalamazoo, MI

When did Teju Cole start writing?

Teju Cole’s debut novel, Open City ( 2011 ), turns ten this year. Teju Cole’s difference is a major subplot in a distinctive career.

What is Teju Cole known for?

Teju Cole (born June 27, 1975) is a Nigerian-American writer, photographer, and art historian. He is the author of a novella Every Day Is for the Thief (2007), a novel Open City (2011), an essay collection Known and Strange Things (2016), and a photobook Punto d’Ombra (2016; published in English in 2017 as Blind Spot).