Personal profile
Biography
Stephen Buoro is a Visiting Research Fellow at UEA. He was born in Nigeria in 1993. He has a degree in Mathematics, an MA in Creative Writing from UEA, and a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing also from UEA. He is a recipient of the Booker Prize Foundation Scholarship. He was chosen by The Observer as one of the ‘10 Best New Novelists for 2023’. His debut novel, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, was lauded by The Economist as being ‘among the best’ coming-of-age stories in contemporary African literature. It was shortlisted for the 2023 Nero Book Awards in the ‘Debut Fiction’ category and is a finalist for the L. A. Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. Stephen lives in Norwich, United Kingdom.
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Website: stephenbuoro.com