About Cheta Igbokwe
Born 1996. Cheta Igbokwe is an academic and writer.
Cheta Igbokwe (born Sixtus Chetachi Igbokwe; 1996) is a Nigerian playwright, poet, and author. His play Homecoming won the 2021 Association of Nigerian Authors' (ANA) Prize for Drama and was nominated for the 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature.
Early life and education Cheta Igbokwe was born in 1996 in Owerri, Nigeria.
Igbokwe is a 2019 alumnus of The Purple Hibiscus Trust Creative Writing Workshop organised by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Igbokwe's play Homecoming won the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize in 2021 and was longlisted for the 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature where the judges described it as "philosophical and gravely entertaining".
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