Teju Cole

Teju Cole
Cole in 2013
Cole in 2013
BornObayemi Babajide Adetokunbo Onafuwa
(1975-06-27) June 27, 1975 (age 49)
Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.[1]
OccupationNovelist, photographer
Education
Notable worksOpen City (2011)
Website
www.tejucole.com

Teju Cole (born June 27, 1975) is a Nigerian-American writer, photographer, and art historian.[2] He is the author of a novella, Every Day Is for the Thief (2007),[3] a novel, Open City (2011), an essay collection, Known and Strange Things (2016),[4] a photobook Punto d'Ombra (2016; published in English in 2017 as Blind Spot),[5] and a second novel, Tremor (2023).[6] Critics have praised his work as having "opened a new path in African literature."[7]

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  2. ^ Bio. Teju Cole. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  3. ^ Kolawole, Samuel (February 1, 2013). "African novels to look out for". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  4. ^ Gappah, Petina (August 7, 2016). "Known and Strange Things by Teju Cole review – a world of riches". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  5. ^ Selasi, Taiye (August 5, 2016). "Teju Cole talks to Taiye Selasi: 'Afropolitan, American, African. Whatever'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  6. ^ Lucas, Julian (2023-10-09). "Teju Cole's New Novel Is Haunted by the Trespasses of Art". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  7. ^ Obi-Young, Otosirieze (4 July 2021). "The Worldly Ways of Teju Cole". Open Country Mag. Retrieved November 20, 2021.