Somali writer Ladan Osman Wins 2014 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets
Somali writer Ladan Osman has won the 2014 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets for her collection The Kitchen Dweller’s Testimony. The African First Book Fund editorial board comprising Chris Abani, Matthew Shenoda, Gabeba Baderoon, John Keene, Bernardine Evaristo and Kwame Dawes, unanimously picked Osman as the winner. Dawes praised her work, noting that…
