About Sulaiman Addonia
Born 1974. Sulaiman Addonia is a British writer.
Sulaiman S.M.Y. Addonia (; born 1974) is a British author who also works at a creative writing academy for refugees. He lived in refugee camps from the age of two years old until he received asylum in England in 1990. During this time, Addonia and his brother developed a love of literature. he eventually studied development at SOAS University of London, then economics at University College London. though they now live in London. and was long-listed for the 2019 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction.
Awards and honors Addonia was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2022.
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Eritrean-born British novelist
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Sulaiman Addonia was born in 1974 in Omhajer.
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