Adedayo Agarau is Nigerian poet, essayist and art administrator. Agarau is a member of the UnSerious Collective. He is the editor-in-chief of Agbowo, an African literary magazine. He was a founding editor at IceFloe Press, Canada as the New International Voices editor and African Chapbook Acquisition manager. Agarau curated and edited Memento: An Anthology of Contemporary Nigerian Poetry.[1][2][3][4]

Adedayo is a Cave Canem Fellow and a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University '25.

Work

Agarau is the author of three poetry chapbooks: For Boys Who Went, 2016, The Origin of Name which was selected for a chapbook box edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani in 2020, and The Arrival of Rain, published in 2020 by Vegetarian Alcoholic Press.[5][6][7][8] His writing is leading conversations on the possibilities of a wave of the new generation Nigerian writers and have attracted wide review from magazines like Open Country, YesPoetry, and AfroCritik.[9][10][8]

Agarau's poems have been featured in online and print literary journals including Poetry Magazine, World Literature Today, Iowa Review, Poet Lore, Poetry Society of America, Frontier Poetry, Lolwe, Olongo Africa, Anmly, TheShore Poetry, Giallo Lit.[11][12][13][14] His essay has been published in Isele Magazine, Trampset, Icefloe Press and YesPoetry.[15][16][17] He has been profiled or interviewed on international platforms including Africritik, Africa in Dialogue, Literature Voices, Nanty Greens, Libretto, Poets in Nigeria, Isele Magazine, Splash FM, Shamsrumi.[18][19][20][21][22] Agarau was shortlisted for the Brunel African Poetry Prize in 2022, receipient of the Stanley Award for International Research and the Robert Hayden Fellowship.[23][24] Agarau curated Memento: An Anthology of Contemporary Nigerian Poetry and the Nigerian National Poetry Prize.[25][4]

Bibliography

  • For Boys Who Went, Words Rhymes & Rhythm, 2016
  • So Righteous We Go Flying, Elisabeth Horan, 2019
  • Memento: An Anthology of Contemporary Nigerian Poetry (ed.)[4]
  • The Arrival Of Rain,[26] Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2020
  • The Origin Of Name,[27]

Awards and nominations

  • Finalist, Sillerman First Book Poetry Prize 2021[28]
  • Frontier Poetry: THE 2020 INDUSTRY PRIZE, 3RD PLACE WINNER: BAD DREAM WITH MY GRANDMOTHER'S STROKE BY ADEDAYO AGARAU[29]
  • Longlist, The Emerging Poet Prize 2020: Palette Poetry[30]
  • SEVHAGE/Angya Poetry Prize 2019 - Adedayo Agarau 'the origin of a name' [1st Runner Up][31]
  • Shortlist, Babishai Niwe Poetry Prize 2018[32]
  • Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP) 2017[33]

References

  1. ↑ "Unserious Collective – the unserious collective". Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  2. ↑ "Inside a Nigerian Literary and Arts Hub". Open Country. 13 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "IceFloe Press". IceFloe Press. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  4. 1 2 3 Memento : an anthology of contemporary Nigerian poetry. Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau. Thetford Center, Vermont. 2020. ISBN 978-1-6781-6155-2. OCLC 1281795687.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ↑ "FOR BOYS WHO WENT BY ADEDAYO ADEYEMI AGARAU – AUTHORPEDIA". Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  6. ↑ "The State of the African Poetry Book Fund: A Conversation with Chris Abani and Kwame Dawes, by Erik Gleibermann". World Literature Today. 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  7. ↑ "NEW-GENERATION AFRICAN POETS (SABA)". Poetry Society of America. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  8. 1 2 "Book Review | Adedayo Agarau's The Arrival of Rain | Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera". brittlepaper.com. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  9. ↑ "Finding the Boy: A Review of Adedayo Agarau's 'The Arrival of Rain'". Yes, Poetry. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  10. ↑ "The Origin of Name by Adedayo Agarau Review—Narrating Grief". Open Country Mag. 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  11. ↑ Foundation, Poetry (2022-10-10). "Adedayo Agarau". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  12. ↑ "Adedayo Agarau – ANMLY". Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  13. ↑ "Ibadan, by Adedayo Agarau". World Literature Today. 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  14. ↑ Agarau, Adedayo (2020-11-18). "The 2020 Industry Prize, 3rd Place Winner: Bad Dream With My Grandmother's Stroke by Adedayo Agarau | Frontier Poetry - Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry". Frontier Poetry. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  15. ↑ "Short Essay on Music | Adedayo Agarau". Isele Magazine. 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  16. ↑ trampset (2021-03-12). "Voidness and Other Things That Were in the Beginning and Beyond: A Review of Isaura Ren's..." Medium. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  17. ↑ "On Processing Grief: A Review of Nome Patrick's "The Body Walks Through Grief Towards God" – A Review Essay by Adedayo Agarau w/ A Digital Collage by Robert Frede Kenter". IceFloe Press. 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  18. ↑ The Arrival of Rain - Adedayo Agarau with Michael Olatunbosun #BooksSplash, retrieved 2022-10-11
  19. ↑ "Darlington Chibueze Anuonye in Conversation With Adedayo Agarau". Isele Magazine. 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  20. ↑ nantygreens (2019-02-04). "Conversation with Adedayo Agarau, author of For Boys Who Went - Interviews". Nantygreens. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  21. ↑ Litvo (2021-08-18). "New Contemporary Poets are Inventing Structures | ADEDAYO ADEYEMI AGARAU". Litvo. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  22. ↑ "Adedayo Agarau's Poetic Heart and Vision for African Poetry - Afrocritik". 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  23. ↑ "Meet the recipients of the 2022 Stanley Award for International Research | International Programs - The University of Iowa". international.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  24. ↑ "Writers' Conference Scholarships". Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  25. ↑ "Homepage". Nigerian Poetry Prize. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  26. ↑ Agarau, Adedayo (2020). The arrival of rain : poems. Stephanie Gibart. [Place of publication not identified]. ISBN 978-1-952055-00-3. OCLC 1202418965.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  27. ↑ New-generation African poets : a chapbook box set. Kwame Senu Neville Dawes, Chris Abani, Sadia Hassan, Jamila Osman, Michelle K. Angwenyi, Nadra Mabrouk. Brooklyn, New York. 2020. ISBN 978-1-61775-816-4. OCLC 1133127726.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  28. ↑ "Shenoda wins Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets". news.unl.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  29. ↑ "The 2020 Industry Prize, 3rd Place Winner: Bad Dream With My Grandmother's Stroke by Adedayo Agarau | Frontier Poetry - Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry". Frontier Poetry. 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  30. ↑ "Winners of the 2020 Emerging Poet Prize!". Palette Poetry. 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  31. ↑ "Winners Of Sevhage Literary Prizes". Mammoth Spectrum Media. 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  32. ↑ "CONGRATULATIONS: THE #BABISHAI2018 SHORTLIST". BABISHAI NIWE POETRY FOUNDATION. 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  33. ↑ admin (2017-12-12). "MESIOYE, AGARAU, OGWIJI WIN ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2017". Words Rhymes & Rhythm. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
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