Diana Evans
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Diana Omo Evans (born 1973 in Neasden , London) is a British journalist and writer.
Life
Diana Evans is the daughter of an Englishman and an immigrant from Nigeria . She had a twin sister in the large family.
Evans studied media at the University of Sussex and received a Masters of Arts in creative writing from the University of East Anglia . During her studies she was a member of a black dance group in Brighton . Evans works as a journalist, she was a time editor at Pride magazine .
Her first novel 26a was on the 2006 Guardian First Book Award longlist and received the Orange Award for New Writers. The title of her 2018 novel Ordinary People quotes a song by John Legend from 2004.
2019 it was included in the anthology New Daughters of Africa by Margaret Busby added.
Works (selection)
- 26a . London: Chatto & Windus, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7011-7888-8
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The Wonder . London: Chatto & Windus, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7011-7797-3
- When I was flying . Astrid Mania in Romanian. Munich: btb, 2012, ISBN 978-3-442-74310-0
- Ordinary People . London: Chatto & Windus, 2018
literature
- Shahidha Bari: Beat generation , review, in: Financial Times , April 14, 2018, p. L&A 10
Web links
- Literature by and about Diana Evans in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Diana Evans in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Short biography and reviews of works by Diana Evans at perlentaucher.de
- Diana Evans , at Penguin
- Diana Evans , contributions to The Guardian
- Diana Evans: Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi , review, in The Guardian, April 3, 2013
Individual evidence
- ^ Diana Evans (author) , at Luchterhand
- ^ My other half: Diana Evans on losing her twin, Paula , in: The Guardian, February 6, 2005
- ↑ Jane Shilling: The Wonder by Diana Evans: review , in: The Daily Telegraph , August 7, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Evans, Diana |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Evans, Diana Omo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neasden , London |