Rosina Umelo
Rosina Umelo (born 1930) is a Nigerian writer. She is known for her short stories, children's books and her young adult fiction. She also has published under the pen name Adaeze Madu.[1]
Life
Umelo was born in Cheshire, England, and was a British citizen until 1971, when she became a citizen of Nigeria through marriage.[2] She worked as a principal and created English-language curriculum materials.[2] Later, Umelo became a school administrator.[3]
Umelo collected 12 of her short stories for adults into The Man Who Ate the Money (1978), five of which won awards.[2] Nancy J. Schmidt, writing for Africa Today, called Umelo's writing in The Man Who Ate the Money "fresh," even though her subject matter dealt with themes that are common in African fiction.[3] Umelo also wrote for a popular young adult series published by Macmillan, called the Pacesetters Series.[4] Umelo also created works for young adults for the series "Heart Beats", published by Chelsea House Publishers in the 1990s.[5]
Bibliography
- Who Are You?. Macmillan. 2002. ISBN 9780333992500.
- The House in the Forest. Macmillan. 1996. ISBN 9780333653494.
- Waiting for Tomorrow. Macmillan. 1995. ISBN 9780333641460.
- Soldier-Boy. Macmillan. 1994. ISBN 9780333615928.
- Dark Blue is for Dreams. Macmillan. 1994. ISBN 9780333610510.
- Loveletters. Macmillan. 1994. ISBN 9780333627426.
- Forever. Heinemann Heartbeats. 1994. ISBN 9780435934415.
- Sara's Friends. Macmillan. 1993. ISBN 9780333602133.
- No Problem!. Macmillan. 1993. ISBN 9780333587225.
- Days of Silence. Macmillan. 1993. ISBN 9780333581162.
- Striped Paint. Macmillan. 1992. ISBN 9780333568651.
- Please Forgive Me. Chelsea House Heartbeats. 1993. ISBN 9780791029374.
- Something to Hide. Macmillan. 1986. ISBN 9780333398975.
- Madu, Adaeze (1986). Broken Promise. Paperback Publishers. ISBN 9789782432643.
- Finger of Suspicion. Macmillan. 1984. ISBN 9780333362990.
- Felicia. Macmillan. 1978. ISBN 9780333253472.
- The Man Who Ate the Money. Oxford University Press. 1978. ISBN 9789781540837.
Awards
- Cheltenham Literary Festival Prize (1973)[2]
- Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation short-story competition prize (1972 and 1974)[2]
- BBC Story Prize (1966)[2]
References
- ↑ Griswold, Wendy (2000). Bearing Witness: Readers, Writers, and the Novel in Nigeria. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 280. ISBN 978-0691058290.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Umelo Rosina". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2016 – via Oxford University Press. (subscription required (help)).
- 1 2 Schmidt, Nancy (1984). "Stories About West Africans". Africa Today. 31 (1): 69–70. JSTOR 4186214. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Erwin, Lee (2002). "Genre and Authority in Some Popular Nigerian Women's Novels". Research in African Literatures. 33 (2): 81–99. Retrieved 3 February 2016 – via EBSCO. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Wells, Earl; Wells, Eursla (7 April 1994). "Books & Things: Nurturing the Image of the Black Child". Miami Times. Retrieved 3 February 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).