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CHRIS ABANI
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Chris Abani's novels are GraceLand (FSG, 2004/Picador 2005) and Masters of the Board (Delta, 1985). His poetry collections include Dog Woman (Red Hen, 2004), Daphnes Lot (Red Hen, 2003), and Kalakuta Republic (Saqi, 2001). He teaches in the MFA Program at Antioch University, Los Angeles and is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California, Riverside. A Middleton Fellow at the University of Southern California, he is the recipient of the 2001 PEN USA Freedom-to-Write Award, the 2001 Prince Claus Award and a 2003 Lannan Literary Fellowship & the 2005 PEN Hemingway Book Prize.
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AWARDS/GRANTS
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2005 - PEN Hemingway Book Prize.
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2005 - Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
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2005 - Finalist, Best Books Category (Africa Region), Commonwealth Writers Prize
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2005 - Pushcart Nomination for "Blooding." StoryQuarterly.
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2003 - Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship, USA.
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2003 - Hellman/Hammet Grant from Human Rights Watch, USA.
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2002 - Imbonge Yesizwe Poetry International Award, South Africa.
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2001 - PEN USA West Freedom - to - Write Award, USA.
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2001 - Prince Claus Award for Literature & Culture, The Netherlands
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2001 - Middleton Fellowship, University of Southern California, USA
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1983 - Delta Fiction Award, Nigeria.
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