David Nandi Odhiambo

David Nandi Odhiambo (born June 24, 1965), also known as D. Nandi Odhiambo is an African-Canadian novelist and writer of Luo and Luhya descent.^[1] He was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1977.^[2] He has a PhD in English Literature from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, an MFA in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a B.A. in classics from McGill University. In 2019 he was one of two recipients of the Elliot Cades Award for Literature, considered among the most prestigious literary honors bestowed in Hawaiʻi.^[3] As of fall 2019, he is an associate professor of English at the University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu.^[4]^[5]

Odhiambo has published four novels: diss/ed banded nation in 1998, Kipligat's Chance in 2003, and The Reverend's Apprentice, Volume I in 2008, and Smells like Stars in 2018.^[6]

References

^ "D. Nandi Odhiambo's schedule for Hawaii Book and Music Fest 2019". hawaiibookmusicfest2019.sched.com. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
^ van Koeverden, Jane. "African-Canadian writer D. Nandi Odhiambo wins Hawaii's highest literary honour". Retrieved 2021-01-24.
^ Wiles, Greg (25 April 2019). "UH faculty awarded 2019 Elliot Cades Award for literature | University of Hawaiʻi System News". Retrieved 2019-10-19.
^ "Odhiambo's fourth novel is drawing attention as it nears publication this fall". E Kamakani Hou. 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
^ "D. Nandi Odhiambo". westoahu.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
^ Wiles, Greg (25 April 2019). "UH faculty awarded 2019 Elliot Cades Award for literature | University of Hawaiʻi System News". Retrieved 2019-10-19.

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Bluesprint: Black British Columbian literature and orature, 2002 (Arsenal Pulp Press)
Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada, 2002 (University of Toronto Press)
African Canadian Online, York University
Penguin Books Author page,
Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review,
BC BookWorld biography of David N. Odhiambo