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Adrian Igonibo Barrett (born 26 March 1979) is a Nigerian writer. ==Career== He was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, to a Nigerian mother and the Jamaican novelist and poet Lindsay Barrett.〔("Nigerian Author Fights Brain Drain" ), ''Jamaica Gleaner'', 22 May 2011.〕 Igoni Barrett was a winner of the BBC World Service short story competition for 2005 with a story entitled "The Phoenix", which was broadcast on 2 January 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Short Story Competition Winners 2005 )〕〔("The Phoenix" ), BBC World Service.〕 His first book, a collection of short stories entitled ''From Caves of Rotten Teeth'', was first published in 2005 and reissued in 2008. Invited as a participant to various literary festivals, Barrett was a guest reader on the opening night of the PEN World Voices Festival in 2013.〔("PEN World Voices Festival to Focus on Art and Politics" ), ''The New York Times'', 19 February 2013.〕 He was the founding organizer of the BookJam reading series〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nigeria: Nurturing Future Writers )〕 in Lagos, Nigeria, which featured the writers Jude Dibia, Michela Wrong, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Binyavanga Wainaina, Helon Habila and Tsitsi Dangarembga, among others. Igoni Barrett was awarded a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship in 2010. In 2011, he was awarded a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2011 Sponsored Fellowships awarded to… )〕 as well as a Bellagio Center Residency.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Adrian Igonibo Barrett )〕 His second collection of stories ''Love Is Power, or Something Like That'' was published in 2013;〔("Chatto Acquire Talented Young Nigerian Author A. Igoni Barrett" ), booktrade.info, 12 March 2012.〕 according to the ''Boston Globe'', the collection "pulses with an indomitable life force that is, by turns, tender and fierce".〔(Review by Jan Gardner ), ''Boston Globe'', 17 May 2013.〕 ''Time Out New York'' commented: "These rich pieces are also brilliantly sequenced.... Shifts in mood happen throughout the book.... Unlikely moments of empathy occur again and again amid wrenching drama and subtle comedy; the resulting collection satisfies on numerous levels."〔(Tobias Carroll, "Book review: Love Is Power, or Something Like That: Stories by A. Igoni Barrett" ), ''Time Out New York'', 29 May 2013.〕 ''Love is Power, or Something Like That'' was chosen as a "best book of 2013" by NPR〔(Recommended by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton ), ''Best Books of 2013: NPR.''〕 and ''Flavorwire''.〔("The 10 Best Short Story Collections of 2013" ), Flavorwire.com, 10 December 2013.〕 In April 2014 Igoni Barrett was named as one of 39 sub-Saharan African writers aged under 40〔(List of artists ), Africa39.〕 in the Hay Festival and Rainbow Book Club Africa39 project celebrating Port Harcourt UNESCO World Book Capital 2014.〔(Port Harcourt UNESCO World Book Capital 2014 website. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A. Igoni Barrett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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