This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous.Find sources: "David Nandi Odhiambo" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

David Nandi Odhiambo (born June 24, 1965), also known as D. Nandi Odhiambo is an African-Canadian novelist and writer of Luo and Luhya descent.[1] He was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1977.[2] He has a PhD in English Literature from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, an MFA in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a B.A. in classics from McGill University. In 2019 he was one of two recipients of the Elliot Cades Award for Literature, considered among the most prestigious literary honors bestowed in Hawaiʻi.[3] As of fall 2019, he is an associate professor of English at the University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu.[4][5]

Odhiambo has published four novels: diss/ed banded nation in 1998, Kipligat's Chance in 2003, and The Reverend's Apprentice, Volume I in 2008, and Smells like Stars in 2018.[6]

References

  1. ^ "D. Nandi Odhiambo's schedule for Hawaii Book and Music Fest 2019". hawaiibookmusicfest2019.sched.com. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  2. ^ van Koeverden, Jane. "African-Canadian writer D. Nandi Odhiambo wins Hawaii's highest literary honour". Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  3. ^ Wiles, Greg (25 April 2019). "UH faculty awarded 2019 Elliot Cades Award for literature | University of Hawaiʻi System News". Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  4. ^ "Odhiambo's fourth novel is drawing attention as it nears publication this fall". E Kamakani Hou. 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  5. ^ "D. Nandi Odhiambo". westoahu.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  6. ^ Wiles, Greg (25 April 2019). "UH faculty awarded 2019 Elliot Cades Award for literature | University of Hawaiʻi System News". Retrieved 2019-10-19.
Categories