Oludiran "Diran" Adebayo FRSL was born on 30 August 1968 and is a British novelist, cultural critic and academic best known for his 1996 novel Some Kind of Black.
14 Facts About Diran Adebayo
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Oludiran Adebayo was born on 30 August 1968 in London, to Nigerian parents.
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Diran Adebayo won a Major Scholarship when he was 12 to Malvern College and is an Oxford University Law graduate.
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Diran Adebayo's debut novel, Some Kind of Black, centred on the youthful adventures of its protagonist, Dele, was one of the first to articulate a British-born African perspective, and won several awards.
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In 2009, Diran Adebayo donated the short story "Calculus" to Oxfam's "Ox-Tales" project.
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Diran Adebayo was a columnist for the now defunct New Nation newspaper, and has written on race, arts and sports for newspapers such as The Guardian, The Independent and New Statesman magazine.
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In 2004 Diran Adebayo co-edited New Writing 12, the British Council's annual anthology of British and Commonwealth literature, with Blake Morrison and Jane Rogers.
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In 2005, Diran Adebayo was the first guest director of the Cheltenham Literature Festival.
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In 2006, Diran Adebayo was the International Writing Fellow at Southampton University, before a residency at Georgetown University.
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Diran Adebayo is BA Creative Writing Course Leader at the University of Kingston, London.
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Diran Adebayo is a former trustee of The Book Trust and the Arts Council of England.
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In 2022, Diran Adebayo adapted and serialised Some Kind of Black for BBC Radio 4.
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Diran Adebayo is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Santa Maddalena Foundation,.
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Diran Adebayo is the younger brother of the writer, journalist, publisher and broadcaster Dotun Adebayo.