Uche Nduka

Uche Nduka (born 14 October 1963) is a Nigerian poet, writer, lecturer and songwriter who was awarded the Association of Nigerian Authors Prize for Poetry in 1997. He currently lives in New York.

Life

Uche Nduka was born on 14th of October 1963 in Umuahia, Nigeria. He earned a B.A Combined Honours degree in English from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1985. He has worked as the first Executive Secretary of the Association of Nigerian Authors (1987-1989), National Publicity secretary of ANA (1992-1995), and Lecturer in African Literature at the University of Bremen (1995-2001; 2003-2007). He has lived in Holland, Germany and the USA.

Career

Nduka's volumes of poetry are "Flower Child" (1988), "Second Act" (1994), "The Bremen Poems" (1995), "Chiaroscuro" (1997) (winner of the Association of Nigerian Authors Poetry Prize), "If Only the Night" (2002), "Heart’s Field" (2005) and "Eel on Reef" (2007). Nduka edited the anthologies, "Poets in Their Youth" (1988), and "Und auf den Straßen eine Pest: Junge Nigerianische Lyrik" (1996). Nduka has also written "Belltime Letters" (2000), a book of commentaries and whimsical meditations in prose. [ [http://african-writing.com/Sep/nduka.htm African Writing Online; Poetry; Uche Nduka, Poems ] ] His work has been translated into German and Dutch. [ [http://www.nwokolo.com/uche.htm Counterfactual ] ]

Bibliography

Poetry, Main Collections

* "Flower Child", (Update Communications, 1988)
* "Second Act", (1994)
* "The Bremen Poems", (New Leaf Press, 1995)
* "Chiaroscuro", (Yeti Press, 1997)
* "Belltime Letters", (New Leaf Press, 2000)
* "Heart's Field", (Yeti Press, 2005)
* "eel on reef", (Akashic Books, 2007)

Poetry Anthologies

* edited by Uche Nduka
* "Poets in Their Youth", (Osiris, Lagos; 1988)
* "Und Auf den Strassen Eine Pest", (Horleman Verlag, Bad Unkel; 1996)

References

External links

* [http://www.sentinelpoetry.org.uk/magonline1005/the_unyielding_muse.htm Interview]
* [http://www.bestofsanfrancisco.net/ucheuchenduka.htm Poems]
* [http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/portal/article/viewFile/70/44 Scholarly paper on Nduka's work]

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