Tolu Oloruntoba
Tolu Oloruntoba is a Nigerian-Canadian poet and physician,[1] whose debut poetry collection The Junta of Happenstance won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2021 Governor General's Awards[2] and the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize.[3]
His collection, Each One A Furnace, was reviewed in Rungh Magazine by poet Phinder Dulai.
Originally from Ibadan, Nigeria, Oloruntoba currently works in British Columbia as a manager of virtual health projects.[1] His poetry chapbook Manubrium was shortlisted for the 2020 bpNichol Chapbook Award.[1]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />External links
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  |
This article about a poet from Canada is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 David Ly, "“A poem is never done”: An Interview with Tolu Oloruntoba". Prism International, July 29, 2021.
- ↑ "Inuk author Norma Dunning wins $25K Governor General's fiction prize". Coast Reporter, November 17, 2021.
- ↑ Adina Bresge, "B.C. writer Tolu Oloruntoba wins $65K Griffin Poetry Prize for debut book". Toronto Star, June 15, 2022.
- Pages with reference errors
- Articles with short description
- Official website not in Wikidata
- 21st-century Canadian poets
- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century Nigerian poets
- Canadian male poets
- Canadian physicians
- Nigerian male poets
- Nigerian medical doctors
- Black Canadian writers
- Nigerian emigrants to Canada
- People from Ibadan
- Living people
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Governor General's Award-winning poets
- Canadian poet stubs
