Okorie, Melatu Uche
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Variants
- Okorie, Melatu
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1975
Has Affiliation
- Organization: AkiDwA
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
Has Affiliation
- Organization: University of Port Harcourt
Birth Place
- Enugu (Nigeria)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Immigrants--Ireland
(lcsh) Women immigrants--Ireland
Occupation
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Earlier Established Forms
- Okorie, Melatu
Sources
- found: This hostel life, 2018 :t.p. (Melatu Uche Okorie) p. 82 (born in Nigeria, came to Ireland in 2006; her first book; MPhil in creative writing from Trinity College Dublin)
- found: Home and away : migrant women transforming Ireland, 2011 :t.p. verso (stories collected by Melatu Okorie)
- found: LIT: Literature interpretation theory, vol. 28, no. 2, 2017, Martín-Ruiz, Sara. Melatu Okori: an introduction to her work and a conversation with the author, viewed online January 25, 2019:page 172 (Melatu Okorie, born in 1975 in Enugu, Igbo-speaking region of Nigeria; BA in English, University of Port Harcourt; in 2006 she arrived in Ireland as an asylum seeker; won the Metro Éirann Writing Award in 2009 for her short story "Gathering Thoughts"; MPhil in creative writing, Trinity College, Dublin; her story "Shackles" was published in anthology Dublin: Ten Journeys, One Destination (2010); story "If George Could Talk" included in anthology Alms on the Highway (2011); she lives in the West of Ireland with her daughter; board member of AkiDwa; does occasional teaching of creative writing to children)
LC Classification
- PR6065.K55
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Change Notes
- 2018-06-15: new
- 2019-03-29: revised
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