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| Nigerian, Tolu Oloruntoba Wins $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize In Canada by Highlandgee: 1:43pm On Jun 17, 2022 |
Canada-based Nigerian poet Tolu Oloruntoba is the Canadian winner of the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize for his collection The Junta of Happenstance. The $65,000 prize is one of the richest awards in the world for a book of poetry. Oloruntoba relocated from Nigeria to Canada a few years ago. He practiced medicine for six years, and has harboured a love for writing poetry since he was 16. Oloruntoba's poems explore the struggles of diasporic peoples around the globe as they traverse both land and cultures. The Junta of Happenstance is an exploration of disease, both medical and emotional. It explores family dynamics, social injustice, the immigrant experience, economic anxiety and the nature of suffering. The Junta of Happenstance previously won the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry and was longlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and Raymond Souster Award. His first chapbook, Manubrium, was shortlisted for the 2020 bpNichol Chapbook Award. He's also the founder of the literary magazine Klorofyl. Oloruntoba was named a writer to watch in 2022. His latest book is Each One a Furnace, a poetry book that explores immigration and transience through the imagery of migratory birds, which typify the unrest of billions of humans in the modern world. Source: Afrotimes News https://www.facebook.com/AfrotimesNewspaper/photos/a.119381757440035/127935799917964/ 3 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: Nigerian, Tolu Oloruntoba Wins $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize In Canada by triple996(m): 1:44pm On Jun 17, 2022 |
9ice  Some people like that would have stolen de money 1 Like |
| Re: Nigerian, Tolu Oloruntoba Wins $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize In Canada by 9gerian: 1:48pm On Jun 17, 2022 |
Congratulations Doc and Poet. Highlandgee: 1 Like |
| Re: Nigerian, Tolu Oloruntoba Wins $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize In Canada by GboyegaD(m): 2:42pm On Jun 17, 2022 |
Inspiring story. |
| Re: Nigerian, Tolu Oloruntoba Wins $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize In Canada by Newphiligeek123: 3:05pm On Jun 17, 2022 |
People like Tolu are making Nigeria proud! |
| Re: Nigerian, Tolu Oloruntoba Wins $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize In Canada by digitite: 5:21pm On Jun 17, 2022 |
Congrats man. I write poems. And i reached semi - finals in one of the international competition. I would have to start again. |
| Re: Nigerian, Tolu Oloruntoba Wins $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize In Canada by 1MILLIONLiGHTS(m): 7:55pm On Jun 17, 2022 |
Congrats Tolu. I'll just try my best in this year's commonwealth short story contest. I SHALL WIN. |
| Re: Nigerian, Tolu Oloruntoba Wins $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize In Canada by Highlandgee: 1:49pm On Jun 18, 2022 |
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