Yaa Gyasi

Yaa Gyasi(wɔwoo no wɔ afe apem ahankron ne aduowɔtwe nkron) yɛ Ghana-Americani a ɔtwerɛ nnwoma
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Yaa Gyasi
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sex or genderfemale Sesa
country of citizenshipGhana, Amerika Sesa
name in native languageYaa Gyasi Sesa
given nameYaa Sesa
family nameGyasi Sesa
date of birth1989 Sesa
place of birthMampong Sesa
languages spoken, written or signedEnglish Sesa
writing languageEnglish Sesa
occupationnovelist, writer Sesa
field of workhistorical novel Sesa
educated atStanford University, University of Iowa, Virgil I. Grissom High School Sesa
academic degreeBachelor of Arts, Master of Fine Arts Sesa
academic majorEnglish, creative writing Sesa
work period (start)2016 Sesa
notable workHomegoing Sesa
influenced byToni Morrison Sesa
award receivedCategory:Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winners, American Book Awards, National Book Foundation Sesa
personal pronounL484 Sesa

Yaa Gyasi(wɔwoo no wɔ afe apem ahankron ne aduowɔtwe nkron) yɛ Ghana-Americani a ɔtwerɛ nnwoma. Ne nnwoma a ɔdikan twerɛɛ ne Homegoing a ɔdaa no adi maa amansan hunuuiɛ wɔ mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne du nsia mu, ɔdii mfeɛ aduonu nsia no ɔnyaa National Book Critics Circle John Leonard abasobɔdeɛ wɔ ne nnwoma a ɛdikan a ɔtwerɛɛ nom, PEN/Hemingway abasobɔdeɛ wɔ ne nnwoma a ɔtwerɛɛ a na ɛyɛ bɛserɛmka, National Book Foundation "5 under 35" animuonyamhyɛ wɔ mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne du nsia ne America nnwoma abasobɔdeɛ. Wɔ n'abasobɔdeɛ mu no ɔnyaa Vilcek akyɛdeɛ ɛnam sɛdeɛ ɔsi bɔ ne tirim yɛ nnoɔma wɔ kasadwini wɔ mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne aduonu mu.[1]

Abrabɔ ahyɛaseɛ ne nnwomasua sesa

Wɔwoo no wɔ Mampong a ɛwɔ Ghana,[2] ne papa ne Kwaku Gyasi, French kunini wɔ University of Alabama a ɛwɔ Huntsville ne Sophia a ɔyɛ nɛɛse. [3]N'abusua no kɔɔ United States wɔ afe apem ahankron ne aduokron baako berɛ a ne papa rebɛwie ne Ph.D wɔ Ohio State University. [4]N'abusua no sane tenaa IIinois ne Tennessee ɛna ɔdii mfeɛ du no, wɔtetee Gyasi wɔ Huntsville, Alabama.[4]

Gyasi kae sɛ berɛ a na ɔsua no na ɔfɛre adeɛ,ɔbɛn ne nua mmarima ma wɔne no kyɛ adesuadeɛ a woanya wɔ berɛ a wɔnnyini wɔ asraadɔmkuo nom wɔ Alabama, ɛna na ɔtwe bɛn nnwoma sɛ ne nnamfofoɔ.[5] Wɔmaa ne adesua nkrataa a LeVar Burton atintim so de hyɛɛ no nkuran wɔ nnwoma a ɔdiikan twerɛɛ, a ɔdekɔɔ Readin Rainbow Young Writers ne Illustrators Contest. Ɔdii mfeɛ du nson wɔ berɛ a ɔkɔ Grisson ntoasoɔ sukuu no, aberɛ Gyasi kann Toni Morrison Solomon nnwom ɛkenyaa no sɛ ɔde atwerɛ bɛyɛ n'adwuma.[5]

Ɔnyaa ne Bachelor of Arts wɔ English mu wɔ Stanford University, ne Masters of Fine Arts firii Lowa Writers Workshop, adesuadeɛ a wɔbɔ wɔn tirim twerɛ adeɛ wɔ University of Lowa.[6]

Nnwuma sesa

Ankyɛ aberɛ a ɔwie Stanford no, ɔhyɛɛ ne nnwoma atwerɛɛ ase na ɔyɛɛ adwuma wɔ dwumakuo bi a ɛwɔ San Francisco, nanso n'ani annye wɔ adwuma nom ɛna ɔgyae berɛ a Lowa gyee no wɔ mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne du mmienu mu.[7]

Ne nnwoma a ɛdikan a ɔtwerɛɛ a ɛyɛ Homegoing ne kenyaa no berɛ a na ɔyɛ abɔfra a na wɔrekɔ nsrahwɛ wɔ Ghana nea ɛdikan wɔ mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne nkron. Wɔwiee nwoma no mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne du num berɛ wɔn a wɔde nnwoma no to dwa kann wieeɛ no, a nnipa pii pɛɛ sɛ ɔbɛboa no ansana ɔregye nnoɔma nson bi ato hɔ ansa afiri Knopf hɔ.[8] Ta-Neshisi coates yii Homegoing maa National Book Foundation, The PEN/Hemingway abasobɔdeɛ wɔ nnwoma a ɛdikan a ɛdimu, ne America nnwoma abasobɔdeɛ wɔ ɔkwan ahodoɔ a ɔfaa so boaa America kasadwini mu.[9]

Ne ntwereɛ nso apii wɔ saa beaɛ ɔdaa no adi no sɛ African American Review, [10]Callaloo, Guenica [11]The Guardian,[12] ne Granta.[13]

Gyasi hwɛɛ Toni Morrison (Song of Solomon), Gabriel Garcia Márquez(one thousand years of Solitude), James Baldwin(Go Tell It on the Mountain),Edward P. Jones(Lost in the city) ne Jhumpa Lahiri(Unaccustomef Earth) sɛ nkuranhyɛsɛm.[14]

Bɛyɛ mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne du nsia mu no, Ghana tenaa wɔ Berkeley, California.

ɔbɛnem bosome wɔ mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne aduonu baako mu no, ɔtwerɛɛ krataa wɔ "this question of 'the Business of reading', wɔ sɛdeɛ yɛsi kan,nea ntira a yɛkan ne sɛdeɛ akenkan si kɔ no anaa sɛ yɛ ma yɛn" Ɔtwerɛɛ, "Berɛ a meretu me ho adi hɔ agye tumi a ɛwɔ kasadwini adi sɛ mɛgye ho akyinnyeɛ, ama emu adɔ, mɛsesa, mesane nim sɛ woretɔn nnwoma afiri abibifoɔ atwerɛfoɔ hɔ no nni nyinasoɔ biara, a ɛde nsunsuansoɔ bɔne ba akyire wɔ nnoɔma a yɛhu ne nea yɛnhunu a ɛha tete no"[15]

Nnwuma sesa

  • Homegoing (mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne du nsia(2016)
  • Transcendent Kingdom (mfeɛ mpem mmienu ne aduonu (2020)

Abasobɔdeɛ sesa

  • National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard abasobɔdeɛ ma nnwoma a ɛdikan a ɛdi mu.[16]
  • PEN/Hemingway abasobɔdeɛ ma nnwoma a ɛdikan a ɛyɛ bɛserɛmka.[17]
  • 2016: National Book Foundation's "5 under 35
  • America nnwoma abasobɔdeɛ.[18]
  • 2017: Granta Best of Young American Novelists.[19]
  • 2020: Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature, Vilcek Foundation.[1]
  • 2021: Women's Prize for Fiction, shortlisted for Transcendent Kingdom.[20]

Beaɛ a menyaa mmoa firiiɛ. sesa

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/yaa-gyasi/
  2. https://www.wsj.com/articles/homegoing-by-yaa-gyasi-born-in-ghana-and-raised-in-the-u-s-1464273302
  3. http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/08/how_an_alabama_womans_debut_no.html
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Archive copy". Archived from the original on 2016-12-03. Retrieved 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. 5.0 5.1 Archive copy, archived from the original on 2020-09-26, retrieved 2022-03-18{{citation}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/How-Yaa-Gyasi-found-her-story-in-slavers-8329849.php
  7. http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/How-Yaa-Gyasi-found-her-story-in-slavers-8329849.php
  8. http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/How-Yaa-Gyasi-found-her-story-in-slavers-8329849.php
  9. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/books/review/100-notable-books-of-2016.html
  10. https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/26054
  11. https://www.guernicamag.com/inscape/
  12. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/28/yaa-gyasi-my-writing-day
  13. https://granta.com/leaving-gotham-city/
  14. "Archive copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2022-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/20/white-people-black-authors-are-not-your-medicine
  16. Archive copy, archived from the original on 2017-03-17, retrieved 2022-03-18{{citation}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/interview-yaa-gyasi-2017-penhemingway-award-winner
  18. "Archive copy". Archived from the original on 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. https://www.thebookseller.com/news/granta-best-542896
  20. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/28/womens-prize-for-fiction-shortlist-susanna-clarke-yaa-gyasi-patricia-lockwood