Namwali Serpell | |
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| Born | Namwali Serpell 1980 (age 43–44) Lusaka, Zambia |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Zambian and American |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University; Harvard University |
| Genres | Short story, novel |
| Notable works | "The Sack" (2014); The Old Drift (2019) |
| Notable awards | Caine Prize for African Writing; Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award; Windham–Campbell Literature Prize; Anisfield-Wolf Book Award; GPLA 2019, Belles-Lettres Category Arthur C. Clarke Award |
| Parents | Robert Serpell and Namposya Nampanya Serpell |
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Namwali Serpell (born 1980) is an American and Zambian[1] writer who teaches in the United States. In April 2014, she was named on Hay Festival's Africa39 list of 39 sub-Saharan African writers aged under 40 with the potential and talent to define trends in African literature.[2] Her short story "The Sack" won the 2015 Caine Prize for African fiction in English. In 2020, Serpell won the Belles-lettres category Grand Prix of Literary Associations 2019 for her debut novel The Old Drift.[3]
- ^ "Reading with... Namwali Serpell". Shelf Awareness. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Africa39 list of artists, Hay Festival.
- ^ "GPLA 7TH Edition: Winners Announced", Bamenda Online, 29 July 2020.