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Diriye Osman ((ソマリ語:''Diriyeh Cismaan''), (アラビア語:ديري عثمان)) (born in 1983) is a Somali-British short story writer, essayist, critic and visual artist. He is the author of the short story collection ''Fairytales For Lost Children'', which won the 2014 Polari First Book Prize. His writing has also been published in a number of publications. Additionally, Osman's visual art is noted for its surrealism. ==Biography== Osman was born in 1983 in Mogadishu, Somalia. When the civil war broke out in the early 1990s, he and his family relocated to Nairobi, Kenya.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fairytales for Lost Children )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Artist Diriye Osman )〕 As a child, Osman developed an interest in fashion design. His parents encouraged his desire to become a designer. An avid reader, he was also entralled with the works of C. S. Lewis and Roald Dahl, as well as ''The Adventures of Tintin'' and ''Calvin and Hobbes''. In 2001, Osman and his family moved again to London, England.〔 In 2002, at the age of 18, Osman was diagnosed with psychosis and institutionalised in a mental hospital in Woolwich, South London. He was so traumatized by the experience that he did not speak for nearly six months. After he was released from the hospital, his mother encouraged him to apply for a library card and he began to read Nuruddin Farah, Arundhati Roy, Zadie Smith, Manil Suri, Alice Munro, Alison Bechdel, ZZ Packer, Edwidge Danticat and Junot Diaz. By reading as widely as possible, Osman regained the confidence to speak again. Reading extensively also made him want to learn about characters and stories that echoed his own experiences.〔 For his post-secondary education, Osman studied English Literature, Linguistics and Fine Art at the University of Birmingham, graduating with a BA (hons) degree. He later attended Royal Holloway, University of London, where he earned an MA in Creative Writing.〔 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「Diriye Osman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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