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Nigerian poet
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.
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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.
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[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 .
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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.
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[14] His essay has been published in
Isele Magazine , Trampset, Icefloe Press and YesPoetry.
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[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.
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[22] Agarau was shortlisted for the
Brunel African Poetry Prize in 2022, recipient of the Stanley Award for International Research and the Robert Hayden Fellowship.
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[24] Agarau curated Memento: An Anthology of Contemporary Nigerian Poetry and the Nigerian National Poetry Prize.
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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.)
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The Arrival Of Rain ,
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Vegetarian Alcoholic Press , 2020
The Origin Of Name ,
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Awards and nominations
Finalist, Sillerman First Book Poetry Prize 2021
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Frontier Poetry : THE 2020 INDUSTRY PRIZE, 3RD PLACE WINNER: BAD DREAM WITH MY GRANDMOTHER'S STROKE BY ADEDAYO AGARAU
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Longlist, The Emerging Poet Prize 2020: Palette Poetry
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SEVHAGE/Angya Poetry Prize 2019 - Adedayo Agarau 'the origin of a name' [1st Runner Up]
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Shortlist, Babishai Niwe Poetry Prize 2018
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Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP) 2017
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References
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"Unserious Collective – the unserious collective" . Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
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"Inside a Nigerian Literary and Arts Hub" . Open Country . 13 September 2021.
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"IceFloe Press" . IceFloe Press . Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
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Memento : an anthology of contemporary Nigerian poetry . Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau. Thetford Center, Vermont. 2020.
ISBN
978-1-6781-6155-2 .
OCLC
1281795687 . {{
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"FOR BOYS WHO WENT BY ADEDAYO ADEYEMI AGARAU – AUTHORPEDIA" . Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
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"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 .
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"NEW-GENERATION AFRICAN POETS (SABA)" . Poetry Society of America . Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
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"Book Review | Adedayo Agarau's The Arrival of Rain | Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera" . brittlepaper.com . Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
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"Finding the Boy: A Review of Adedayo Agarau's 'The Arrival of Rain' " . Yes, Poetry . Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
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"The Origin of Name by Adedayo Agarau Review—Narrating Grief" . Open Country Mag . 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
^ Foundation, Poetry (2022-10-10).
"Adedayo Agarau" . Poetry Foundation . Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
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"Adedayo Agarau – ANMLY" . Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
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"Ibadan, by Adedayo Agarau" . World Literature Today . 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
^ 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 .
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"Short Essay on Music | Adedayo Agarau" . Isele Magazine . 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
^ 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 .
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"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 .
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The Arrival of Rain - Adedayo Agarau with Michael Olatunbosun #BooksSplash , retrieved 2022-10-11
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"Darlington Chibueze Anuonye in Conversation With Adedayo Agarau" . Isele Magazine . 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
^ nantygreens (2019-02-04).
"Conversation with Adedayo Agarau, author of For Boys Who Went - Interviews" . Nantygreens . Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
^ Litvo (2021-08-18).
"New Contemporary Poets are Inventing Structures | ADEDAYO ADEYEMI AGARAU" . Litvo . Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
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"Adedayo Agarau's Poetic Heart and Vision for African Poetry - Afrocritik" . 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
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"Meet the recipients of the 2022 Stanley Award for International Research | International Programs - The University of Iowa" . international.uiowa.edu . Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
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"Writers' Conference Scholarships" . Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway . Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
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"Homepage" . Nigerian Poetry Prize . Retrieved 2022-10-11 .
^ Agarau, Adedayo (2020).
The arrival of rain : poems . Stephanie Gibart. [Place of publication not identified].
ISBN
978-1-952055-00-3 .
OCLC
1202418965 . {{
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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 . {{
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"Shenoda wins Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets" . news.unl.edu . Retrieved 2021-12-16 .
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"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 .
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"Winners of the 2020 Emerging Poet Prize!" . Palette Poetry . 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2021-12-16 .
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"Winners Of Sevhage Literary Prizes" . Mammoth Spectrum Media . 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2021-12-16 .
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"CONGRATULATIONS: THE #BABISHAI2018 SHORTLIST" . BABISHAI NIWE POETRY FOUNDATION . 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2021-12-16 .
^ admin (2017-12-12).
"MESIOYE, AGARAU, OGWIJI WIN ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2017" . Words Rhymes & Rhythm . Retrieved 2021-12-16 .