Cheta Igbokwe
{{Short description|Nigerian playwright}}
Cheta Igbokwe (born Sixtus Chetachi Igbokwe; 1996) is a Nigerian playwright, poet, and author. His play Homecoming won the 2021 Association of Nigerian Authors' (ANA) Prize for Drama and was nominated for the 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature.
Early life and education
Cheta Igbokwe was born in 1996 in Owerri, Nigeria. In 2021, Igbokwe graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Literary Studies from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). As a student of UNN, Igbokwe served as the editor of The Muse, a journal established by Chinua Achebe in 1963. In 2022, Igbokwe earned a full scholarship to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree in Playwriting at the University of Iowa, where he is a graduate student and teaches two playwriting courses.{{Cite interview|url=https://hopkinsreview.com/features/memory-and-the-mimesis-of-loss-in-conversation-with-cheta-igbokwe|title=Memory and the Mimesis of Loss: In Conversation with Cheta Igbokwe|date=15 June 2023|first=Cheta|last=Igbokwe|interviewer=Darlington Chibueze Anuonye|website=Hopkins Review|access-date=22 January 2024}}
Writing
Agwaetiti Obiuto (Island of Happiness), a screenplay written by Igbokwe was nominated for the Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best First Feature Film by a Director and the Ousmane Sembene Award for Best Film in an African Language in 2018 and was praised as a "magnificent work of art" by Wole Soyinka.{{Cite web|url=https://brittlepaper.com/2018/09/photos-wole-soyinka-hosts-private-screening-of-onyeka-nwelues-amaas-nominated-film-agwaetiti-obiuto/|title=Photos {{!}} Wole Soyinka Hosts Private Screening of Onyeka Nwelue's AMAAs-Nominated Film, Agwaetiti Obiụtọ|first=Otosirieze|last=Obi-Young|author-link=Otosirieze Obi-Young|date=4 September 2018|website=Brittle Paper|access-date=22 January 2024}}
Igbokwe is a 2019 alumnus of The Purple Hibiscus Trust Creative Writing Workshop organised by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.{{Cite web|title=Cheta Igbokwe enriches Nigerian Literature and Theatre with innovative stories|url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/cheta-igbokwe-enriches-nigerian-literature-and-theatre-with-innovative-stories/|date=2 January 2024|website=Nigerian Tribune|access-date=22 January 2024}}
Igbokwe's play Homecoming won the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize in 2021 and was longlisted for the 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature where the judges described it as "philosophical and gravely entertaining".{{Cite web|title=Nigeria Prize For Literature Has Improved Writing, Publishing In Nigeria|first=Chinelo|last=Chikelu|url=https://leadership.ng/nigeria-prize-for-literature-has-improved-writing-publishing-in-nigeria-nlng/|website=Leadership|access-date=22 January 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://theatre.uiowa.edu/news/2023/11/cheta-igbokwe-brings-nigerias-rich-literary-culture-iowa-playwrights-workshop|title=Cheta Igbokwe Brings Nigeria’s Rich Literary Culture to Iowa Playwright's Workshop|date=15 November 2023|website=Theatre Arts|publisher=University of Iowa|access-date=22 January 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://thelagosreview.ng/cora-npl-book-party-nigeria-prize-for-literature-longlisted-writers-set-to-engage-the-public-on-august-6/|title=CORA-NPL Book Party: Nigeria Prize for Literature longlisted writers set to engage the public on August 6|website=The Lagos Review|access-date=31 January 2024}}
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