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Sunday, 22 February 2009 |
 1. Full names
Emmanuella Celestina Nkwukajingi Nduonofit
2. Educational background
So far, I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, majored in literature, from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka in Anambra State, Nigeria.
3. Genre
I write in the three basic genres of literature: Poetry, Prose fiction and Drama
4. When and how
My writing life began at the tender age of twelve (12) not in this country Nigeria, but in Vienna, Austria, central Europe. I began with prose fiction (once-upon-a-time stories pencilled and collected in a 2B exercise book) before I gradually found my way to poetry, and lastly drama.
5. Why
Sometimes, this question is hard to answer because at that point in my life, I had no reason why I was writing. Writing to me was a divine gift which, later on in my life, I just knew I had to harness. Another reason could be that it is essential to document whatever happens in everyday life, and even in one's own life: the thought processes, emotions, events, predictions, etc..
6. Favorite writers
My first writer that I encounted then was the author of the Nancy Drew detective/romance book series (forgotten his/her name). Later on in my life, African writers just seemed to attract me as well because of the obvious need to sustain my identity: Cyprian Ekwensi, Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Femi Osofisan, etc. Other foreign authors were also a great pull to me: Henry Bean, Ernest Hemmingway, Anton Chekhov, T. S. Eliot, William Shakespeare, etc. My chain of writers are so long, I can't contain them all, sorry.
7. Favorite books
My readership varies drastically. Currently, I'm interested in reading national dailies that has current national literary news in the form of literary criticisms of books, or reviews of books. I love Henry Bean's False Match and Robert Ludlum's The Chancellor's Manuscript. So also Sidney Sheldon's books, his trilogy, fascinate me, for I trust him to be a core feminist. And someone just introduced me to some of Nora Roberts' romance novels, which I just couldn't put down. I own most of Chinua Achebe's first books and one of Cyprain Ekwensi's novels People of the City. Anyway, like I said, my readership is endless. Comments (2) | Views: 712
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