Sidik Fofana | |
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Occupation | novelist, public school teacher |
Education | Columbia College (BA) New York University (MFA) City College of New York (MA) |
Notable awards | Whiting Award (2023) |
Sidik Fofana is an American public school teacher and writer. He is a recipient of the 2023 Whiting Award.[1][2]
Fofana graduated from Roxbury Latin School in 2001.[3] He then received his B.A. from Columbia College in 2005 and his MFA from New York University.[4] He also obtained a master's in education from the City College of New York in 2013.[5]
He is the author of Stories from the Tenants Downstairs, a collection of eight short stories about the struggles and inner lives of residents of diverse backgrounds living in a Harlem high-rise who face a rent increase after the building was sold to a corporate real estate company.[6][7][8][9]
Fofana is currently a public school teacher in Brooklyn, where he has been teaching English Language Arts and Special Education since 2007.[5][10][11]
Fofana's work has appeared in The Sewanee Review,[12] and he was named editor at large of the journal in 2021.[13][14][15] His work has also been published in the British literary magazine Granta.[16]
Fofana is a finalist of the 2023 Gotham Book Prize and a recipient of a 2023 Whiting Award.[17]