Idza Luhumyo was born on 1993 and is a Kenyan short story writer, whose work explores Kenyan coastal identities.
11 Facts About Idza Luhumyo
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In July 2020, Luhumyo was announced as the inaugural recipient of the Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa Award.
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Idza Luhumyo was the winner of the 2021 Short Story Day Africa Prize with her story "Five Years Next Sunday", which won the 2022 Caine Prize.
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Idza Luhumyo was born in Mombasa, Kenya, and holds a law degree from Nairobi University.
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On 21 July 2020 it was announced that she was the first recipient of a scholarship enabled by the publication by Myriad Editions of Margaret Busby's 1919 anthology New Daughters of Africa and that Idza Luhumyo would start postgraduate studies at SOAS University of London in autumn 2020, with accommodation provided by International Students House.
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Idza Luhumyo is currently a student and Rose Fellow in the MFA Creative Writing program at Texas State University.
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Idza Luhumyo's work has been shortlisted for the Short Story Day Africa Prize, the Miles Morland Writing Scholarship, and the Gerald Kraak Award.
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Idza Luhumyo won the Short Story Day Africa Prize 2021 with "Five Years Next Sunday".
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Idza Luhumyo went on to become the winner, chosen out of 349 entries from 27 African countries.
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Idza Luhumyo is the fifth Kenyan writer to have been awarded the Caine Prize.
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In December 2022, Idza Luhumyo was listed by New African magazine as one of the "100 Most Influential Africans" of the year.