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Monica Arac de Nyeko is a Ugandan writer and poet. She was born in 1979 in Kitgum, Uganda. She is best known for her short story "Jambula Tree", which won the 2007 Caine Prize for African Writing. She has also published two collections of poetry, "The Unspoken" and "The Other Woman". Monica Arac de Nyeko is 41 years old. She is approximately 5 feet 5 inches tall (165 cm). Her physical stats are not available. Monica Arac de Nyeko is single. There is no information about her past relationships. Monica Arac de Nyeko is a successful writer and poet. She has published two collections of poetry and her short story "Jambula Tree" won the 2007 Caine Prize for African Writing. She has also been awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction in 2020. Monica Arac de Nyeko's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million. She has earned her wealth through her writing career.

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2013

Arac de Nyeko comes from Kitgum district in northern Uganda. She grew up mostly in Kampala, but attended high school in Gulu, northern Uganda, for some years. She has a degree in Education from Makerere University, and a Master's degree in Humanitarian Assistance from the University of Groningen in The Netherlands. While at Makerere she was an active member of FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers Association, which she has credited for giving her "a place and space to write with a network of support and mentorship—handy when you are starting out." She is a contributor to the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby.

2007

In 2007 she won the Caine Prize for her short story "Jambula Tree", which is about two teenage girls falling in love and facing an unforgiving community as a result. One of Arac de Nyeko's other notable stories is "Strange Fruit", which contains an allusion to the song of the same name, and was shortlisted for the Caine Prize in 2004.

1979

Monica Arac de Nyeko (born 1979) is a Ugandan writer of short fiction, poetry, and essays, living in Nairobi. In 2007 she became the first Ugandan to win the Caine Prize for African Writing, with her story "Jambula Tree". She had previously been shortlisted for the prize in 2004 for "Strange Fruit", a story about child soldiers in Gulu, Northern Uganda. She is a member of FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers Association and the chief editor of T:AP Voices. She taught literature and English at St. Mary's College Kisubi before proceeding to pursue a Master in Humanitarian Assistance at the University of Groningen. Her personal essay "In the Stars" won first prize in the Women's World, Women in War Zones essay writing competition. She has been published in Memories of Sun, The Nation, IS magazine, Poetry International and several other publications. She is one of the writers announced as part of the Africa39 project unveiled by Rainbow, Hay Festival and Bloomsbury Publishing at the London Book Fair 2014. It is a list of 39 of Sub-Saharan Africa's most promising writers under the age of 40.

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