Wole Talabi
Wole Talabi | |
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| Born | Oluwole Talabi 28 February 1986 Warri, Delta State, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Other names | The Alchemist[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Author, editor |
| Notable work | Africanfuturism: An Anthology (2020), Shigidi: and the Brass Head of Obalufon (2023) |
Oluwole Talabi (born 28 February 1986) is a Nigerian speculative fiction writer, engineer, and editor,[1][2][3] who is considered among the Third Generation of Nigerian Writers.[4] His works include an amount of short stories; the anthologies These Words Expose Us: An Anthology (2014), Lights Out: Resurrection (2016), Africanfuturism: An Anthology (2020); his collections, Incomplete Solutions (2019) and Convergence Problems (2024); and the debut novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (2023). He was described in Scientific American as "an author who blends transhumanism and the Turing test".[5]
Early life and background
[edit]Wole was born in Warri, Delta, a village in southern Nigeria.
He married Rocío Vizuete Fernandez in 2023 at Madrid, Spain.[6]
Awards and recognition
[edit]- Winner of ROSL Readers' Award in Caine Prize for African Writing.[7][8]
- Nominated for the 2021 Locus Award for Best Anthology.[9]
- Shortlisted for 2017 Nommo Award for Short Story ("Wednesday's Story").
- Winner for 2018 Nommo Award for Short Story ("The Regression Test").[10]
- Winner 2020 Nommo Award for Novella (Incompleteness Theories)
- Shortlisted for 2020 Nommo Award for Short Story ("When We Dream We Are Our God").
- Finalist for the 2022 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award.[11]
- Shortlisted for 2022 Nommo Award for Short Story ("An Arc of Electric Skin").
- Winner of the 2022 Sidewise Award for Alternate History, best short-form story ("A Dream of Electric Mothers").[12]
- Shortlisted for 2023 Hugo Award for Best Novelette ("A Dream of Electric Mothers")
- Pending for 2024 Nommo Award Novel (Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon)
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (2023)
Collections
[edit]- Incomplete Solutions (2019)
- Convergence Problems (2024)
Anthologies
[edit]- Lights Out: Resurrection (2016)
- Africanfuturism: An Anthology (2020)
- Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology (2023)
Short Fiction
[edit]- "Zombies" (2013)
- "Crocodile Ark" (2014)
- "Eye" (2015)
- "A Short History of Migration in Five Fragments of You" (2015)
- "Nested" (2016)
- "Wednesday's Story" (2016)
- "If They Can Learn" (2016)
- "Necessary and Sufficient Conditions" (2016)
- "I, Shigidi" (2016)
- "The Last Lagosian" (2016)
- "Home Is Where My Mother's Heart Is Buried" (2017)
- "Nneoma" (2017)
- "The Regression Test" (2017)
- "The Harmonic Resonance of Ejiro Anaborhi" (2018)
- "Drift-Flux" (2018)
- "When We Dream We Are Our God" (2019)
- "Incompleteness Theories" (2019)
- "Abeokuta52" (2019)
- "Tends to Zero" (2019)
- "Comments on Your Provisional Patent Application for An Eternal Spirit Core" (2021)
- "An Arc of Electric Skin" (2021)
- "A Dream of Electric Mothers" (2022)
- "Blowout" (2023)
- "Aboukela52" (2023)
- "Debut" (2024)
- "Embers" (2024)
- "Gamma (or: Love in the Age of Radiation Poisoning)" (2024)
- "Ganger" (2024)
- "Lights in the Sky" (2024)
- "Nigerian Dreams" (2024)
- "Performance Review" (2024)
- "Silence" (2024)
- "The Million Eyes of a Lonely and Fragile God" (2024)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ryman, Geoff (7 February 2019). "Wole Talabi: 100 AFRICAN WRITERS OF SFF – PART THIRTEEN: THE TRAVELERS". Strange Horizons. No. 100. Lagos. p. 13. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Walton, Jo Lindsay (29 April 2020). ""The big idea": An interview with Wole Talabi". Vector. No. 289. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Moreno-Garcia, Silvia; Tidhar, Lavie (21 May 2021). "A magical selection of African speculative fiction". Borneo Bulletin Online. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Umezurike, Chukwuebuka (23 January 2022). "New Nigerian Literature Unsung Heroes". ThisDay Newspaper. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ Brady, Amy (1 July 2021). "Exploring Black Sci-Fi, Learning through Color, the Cost of Cooling, and Other New Books". Scientific American. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Ghosh, Kuhelika (25 August 2023). "Nigerian Speculative Fiction Author Wole Talabi Ties the Knot in Beautiful Summer Wedding". Brittle Paper. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Brierley, Mark (2018). "WOLE TALABI WINS ROSL READERS' AWARD IN CAINE PRIZE FOR AFRICAN WRITING". Royal Over-Seas League. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Report, Agency (16 May 2018). "Three Nigerians shortlisted for 2018 Caine Prize". Premium Times. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ Templeton, Molly (26 June 2021). "Announcing the 2021 Locus Awards Winners". Tor.com. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Alumona, Kingsley (24 November 2018). "Talabi and Onyebuchi bag 2018 Nommo Awards". Nigerian Tribune. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Korsgaard, Sean CW (8 March 2022). "2022 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award Finalists Announced". Baen. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "2022 Sidewise Award Winners". Locus. 27 October 2023.
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