Jowhor Ile

{{Short description|Nigerian writer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}

Jowhor Ile (born 1980){{cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/303429/jowhor-ile/|title=Jowhor Ile|website=Penguin Random House}} is a Nigerian writer known for his first novel, And After Many Days.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/books/review/and-after-many-days-by-jowhor-ile.html|title = 'And After Many Days,' by Jowhor Ile|newspaper = The New York Times|date = April 2016|last1 = Obioma|first1 = Chigozie|author-link=Chigozie Obioma}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2017/08/31/premier-roman-nigerians-plonges-dans-le-noir_5178880_3260.html|title=Premier roman. Nigérians plongés dans le noir|website=Le Monde.fr|date=31 August 2017|language=fr|access-date=30 January 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://guardian.ng/art/and-after-many-days-jowhor-iles-resonating-family-testament/|title=And after many days… Jowhor Ile's resonating family testament|first=Anote |last=Ajeluorou|newspaper=The Guardian|location=Nigeria|date=12 February 2017|access-date=30 January 2018}} In 2016, the novel was awarded the Etisalat Prize for Literature.{{cite web|url=https://brittlepaper.com/2017/05/photos-jowhor-iles-days-nigerian-win-etisalat-prize-literature/|title=Jowhor Ile is the First Nigerian to Win the Etisalat Prize for Literature|website=Brittle Paper|first=Otosirieze|last= Obi-Young|author-link=Otosirieze Obi-Young|date=20 May 2017|access-date=1 September 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/05/22/nigerian-writer-jowhor-ile-is-2016-etisalat-prize-for-literature-winner/|title = Nigerian Writer, Jowhor Ile, is 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature Winner|website=THISDAY|date = 22 May 2017}}

Ile was raised in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. His short fiction has appeared in The Sewanee Review, McSweeney's Quarterly and Litro Magazine. He earned his MFA at Boston University, and was a visiting professor at West Virginia University, dividing his time between Nigeria and the U.S.{{cite web|url=https://africaindialogue.com/2020/07/25/ako-caine-prize-shortlist-a-dialogue-with-jowhor-ile/|title=2020 Ako Caine Prize Shortlist {{!}} A Dialogue With Jowhor Ile|website=Africa In dialogue|date=25 July 2020}}

His short story "Fisherman's Stew", published in The Sewanee Review (2019), was shortlisted for the 2020 Caine Prize,{{cite web|url=https://africainwords.com/2020/07/21/review-of-jowhor-iles-fishermans-stew/|title=Caine Prize 2020: Review of Jowhor Ile's 'Fisherman’s Stew'|website=Africa in Words|date= 21 July 2020|access-date=1 September 2023}} was a winner of the 2021 O. Henry Prize and was included in The Best Short Stories Anthology 2021, guest-edited and introduced by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.{{cite magazine|url=https://opencountrymag.com/jowhor-ile-adachioma-ezeano-win-o-henry-prizes-2021/|title=Jowhor Ile & Adachioma Ezeano Win O. Henry Prizes 2021|magazine=Open Country Mag|first=Ernest |last=Ogunyemi|date=23 April 2021|access-date=1 September 2023}}

Ile lectures in the Department of English & Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University in Wales.{{cite web|url=https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/english/staff-profiles/listing/profile/joi7/|title=Mr Jowhor Ile {{!}} Lecturer in Creative Writing - Fiction|publisher=Aberyswyth University|access-date=1 September 2023}}