12 Facts About Dilman Dila

Dilman Dila is a Ugandan writer, film maker and a social activist.

Dilman Dila is the author of two collection of short stories, A Killing in the Sun and Where Rivers Go to Die, and of two novellas, Cranes Crest at Sunset, and The Terminal Move.

Dilman Dila was shortlisted for the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for "A Killing in the Sun", longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa Prize in 2013, and nominated for the 2008 Million Writers Award for the short story "Homecoming".

Dilman Dila was longlisted for the BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition with his first radio play, Toilets Are for Something Fishy.

Dilman Dila grew up with his family on Bazaar Street, which harboured a multitude of cultures and nationalities.

Dilman Dila attained primary education at Rock View Primary School, and secondary education at St Peter's College, Tororo, before proceeding to Makerere University, where he did a BA in Social Sciences, majoring in Political Science and Economics.

Dilman Dila was introduced into storytelling at an early age by the folktales that he used to hear from his parents, and from fellow children, in the town he grew up in, Tororo.

Dilman Dila started writing when he was 15 years old.

Dilman Dila writes speculative fiction, especially in the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy.

Dilman Dila published his first science fiction story, Lights on Water, in The Short Anthology.

Dilman Dila returned to the Storymoja Festival, where he was a festival guest in 2014, conducting a masterclass with Prajwal Parajuly.

Dilman Dila attended five different labs with Maisha, spanning a period from 2006 until 2008, in the areas of screenwriting and directing, for both fiction and documentary.