Writer Man Crush Monday: Chigozie Obioma

Chigozie is a Nigerian writer and assistant professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Obioma's first novel, 'The Fishermen' has been translated into 27 languages. He began writing 'The Fishermen' in 2009, while living in Cyprus to complete his bachelor's degree at Cyprus International University, where he graduated at the top of his class.

"The idea for the novel came when he reflected on his father's joy at the growing bond between his two eldest brothers who, as children, had maintained a strong rivalry that would sometimes culminate in fistfights."(Wikipedia)

Obioma finished writing the novel in 2012 during a residency at OMI's Ledig House in 2012, and completed an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan, where he received Hopwood Awards for fiction (2013).

The Fishermen has gone on to receive so many awards and recognition. He has been called, in a New York Times book review, "the heir to Chinua Achebe."
Apart from other publications in his kitty, his second novel is tilted "An Orchestra of Minorities".