The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor of Anambra State Mr. James Ezeh( Ngwu N'weze) has won the 2020 Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) poetry prize with his Collection of poem " dispossessed".


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‘dispossessed’ wins 2020 Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Poetry Prize.

‘dispossessed’ my debut collection of poems has won the Association of Nigerian Authors Poetry Prize for year 2020.

‘dispossessed’ was announced winner along with
“Orere: Songs of a Thousand Tides” by Abiodun Bello at the just ended 39th International Convention of ANA that took place in Ilorin, Kwara State.

ANA Prizes are Nigeria’s longest running literary prizes and probably the most respected because they represent the opinion of writers on art and craft their fellow writers.

The prize came exactly one year after ‘dispossessed’ was released to critical acclaim by critics and fellow writers.

Ever since it debuted, the book has found its way to leading online retailers in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, South Korea, Ireland, South Africa, India and Russia.

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