Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Kenyan Writer
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| First Name |
Yvonne
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| Middle Name |
Adhiambo
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| Last Name |
Owuor
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1967
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| Birthplace |
Nairobi, Kenya
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| Nationality |
Kenyan
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| Occupation Text |
Writer
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| Occupation |
Writer
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Literary fiction
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (born 1968) is a Kenyan writer. She won the 2003 Caine Prize for African Writing for her story "Weight of Whispers", which considers an aristocratic Rwandan refugee in Kenya. The story was originally published in Kwani?, the Kenyan literary magazine set up by Binyavanga Wainaina after he won the Caine Prize the previous year. In 2004, she won the Woman of the year (Arts, Heritage category) for her contributions to the arts in Kenya. In September 2015, her critically acclaimed book Dust was not only shortlisted for the Folio Prize, but also won Kenya's pre-eminent literary prize, the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature.
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