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Uchenna Awoke

Biography

Uchenna Awoke

Uchenna Awoke is a writer from Nsukka, Nigeria. His short stories have appeared in Transition, Elsewhere, Trestle Ties, Oyster River Pages, Evergreen Review and other publications. He has received fellowships from MacDowell and the Vermont Studio Center. He is an Artist Protection Fund Fellow and was the inaugural Arkansas International Writer-at-Risk Residency Fellow, currently enrolled at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He was a 2019 Graywolf African Fiction Prize finalist.

Uchenna Awoke

Books by Uchenna Awoke

A Siege of Owls
by Uchenna Awoke - Fiction, Magical Realism

In a drought-stricken Igbo village, young Ekwe grows up haunted by owls, myths and the boundaries of a world too small to contain his restless spirit. After touching a forbidden leaf that his father warns will trap him in astral planes, he is swept into a journey that will carry him across Nigeria, through savannas, deserts and conflict zones, and into the heart of a nation’s unraveling. A SIEGE OF OWLS traces a child’s odyssey across a fractured landscape, weaving folklore with the stark realities of insurgency, displacement and the longing for home. It is a story of two families --- one lost, one gained --- bound together by fate, resilience and the dangerous hope that somewhere, peace still exists.