Toyin Adewale-Gabriel
Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969) is a Nigerian writer. She writes poetry and has worked as a literary critic for The Guardian, Post Express and The Daily Times. Adewale-Gabriel writes in both English and in German.
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Toyin Adewale-Gabriel
- Name
- Toyin Adewale-Gabriel
- Birth Name
- Toyin Adewale
- Born
- 1969
- Birthplace
- Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
- Education
- Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
- Occupation
- Writer, novelist
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Fields
- poetry
- Known for
- Naked Testimonies
- Languages
- English · Nigerian Pidgin
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Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969) is a Nigerian writer. She writes poetry and has worked as a literary critic for The Guardian, Post Express and The Daily Times. Adewale-Gabriel writes in both English and in German.
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• Name — Toyin Adewale-Gabriel • Birth Name — Toyin Adewale • Born — 1969 • Birthplace — Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria • Education — Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife • Occupation — Writer, novelist • Years Active — 1995–present
Biography
Biography
Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, Toyin received her M.A. Lit. degree from Obafemi Awolowo University. She was the co-founder and coordinator for several years of the Association of Writers of Nigeria. Toyin is also a Fellow of Akademie Schloss Solitude and has been Writer in Residence at the Villa Waldberta, Munich and The Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators, Visby, Sweden. In a Brittle paper interview with Umezurike, Toyin mentioned that she loved Mary Oliver and that she's partial to Russian and Latin-American poetry.
Works
Works
Her works include Naked Testimonies, 1995; Breaking The Silence, 1996; Inkwells, 1997; Die Aromaforscherin, 1998; Flackernde Kerzen, 1999; 25 New Nigerian Poets, 2000; Aci Cikolata, Gunizi Yayincilik, 2003; and Nigerian Women Short Stories, 2005. She has also won awards for poetry and short fiction. Naked Testimonies deals with Nigerian politics, and the poems are reflective and personal.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Toyin Adewale. Her recorded languages were English and Nigerian Pidgin.
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Toyin Adewale-Gabriel born at Ibadan.
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