A. Igoni Barrett
A. Igoni Barrett | |
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| Born | 26 March 1979 Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Nigerian, Jamaican |
| Genre | Short stories, novels |
| Notable works | Blackass (2016) |
| Notable awards | Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship |
| Spouse | Femke van Zeijl |
| Parents | Lindsay Barrett (father) |
Adrian Igonibo Barrett (born 26 March 1979) is a Nigerian writer of short stories and novels. In 2014, he was named on the Africa39 list of writers aged under 40 with potential and talent to define future trends in African literature. Following his two collections of short stories – From Caves of Rotten Teeth (2005) and Love Is Power, or Something Like That (2013) – his first novel, Blackass, was published in 2015, described by the Chicago Review of Books as "Kafka with a wink".