Romeo Oriogun

Romeo Oriogun
CitizenshipNigeria
EducationIowa Writers' Workshop
EmployerFlorida Atlantic University
AwardsBrunel University African Poetry Prize Nigeria Prize for Literature

Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun is a Nigerian poet and essayist. He is the author of The Gathering of Bastards (2023) and Sacrament of Bodies (2020) and three chapbooks.[1][2] He won the 2017 Brunel University African Poetry Prize and the Nigeria Prize for Literature award 2022 (the first openly queer writer to win)[3] for his collection Nomad[4] and was a finalist for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry[5] and The Future Awards African Prize for Literature. He has received fellowships and support from Ebedi International Writers Residency, Harvard University,[6] Hutchins Center for African and African American Research,[7] Oregon Institute for Creative Research, and the IIE- Artist Protection Fund. His poems have appeared in Poetry Foundation,[8] Harvard Review,[9] American Poetry Review,[10] Narrative Magazine.[11] Romeo received his MFA in creative writing from the Iowa Writers Workshop in 2020. Romeo is an assistant professor at Florida Atlantic University.[12]

Bibliography

• Gathering Of Bastards[13]

References

  1. ↑ Oriogun, Romeo (2023). The Gathering of Bastards. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-4962-3403-2.
  2. ↑ Oriogun, Romeo (2020-03-01). Sacrament of Bodies. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-4962-1964-0.
  3. ↑ Esomnofu, Emmanuel (2022-10-15). "Romeo Oriogun Is the First Openly Queer Writer to Win the Nigeria Prize for Literature". Open Country Mag. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  4. ↑ "Brunel International African Poetry Prize Awarded to Nigeria's Romeo Oriogun". www.brunel.ac.uk.
  5. ↑ "Current Finalists". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  6. ↑ "Colloquium with Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun". africa.harvard.edu.
  7. ↑ "Announcing the 2018-2019 Fellows".
  8. ↑ Foundation, Poetry (22 December 2021). "Coming Out by Romeo Oriogun". Poetry Foundation.
  9. ↑ Weddell, Cecilia. "Before Your Mama Knew Us as Light". Harvard Review.
  10. ↑ "American Poetry Review - Romeo Oriogun - "A Brief History of Becoming"". American Poetry Review.
  11. ↑ Oriogun, Romeo (5 September 2019). "The Niger Sings of Blood by Romeo Oriogun". www.narrativemagazine.com.
  12. ↑ "Romeo Oriogun". Florida Atlantic University. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
  13. ↑ Oluwapelumi, Adesiyan (2024-08-04). "Book Review: The Gathering of Bastards by Romeo Oriogun". The Republic. Retrieved 2025-11-12.
  14. ↑ Oriogun, Romeo (2020-03-01). Sacrament of Bodies. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-4962-1964-0.
  15. ↑ Oriogun, Romeo (2022). Nomad. Griots Lounge Publishing. ISBN 978-978-57567-3-9.
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