Portia Dery

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Portia Dery is an author from Ghana , best known for her children's stories , but also writes short stories and poetry . Her texts have been published in various magazines, anthologies and platforms, including the UK poetry library, Artsbeat, Afrika's first anthology, and Ayiba magazine.

In 2016, Portia Dery was a recipient of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders and developed, among other things, The Funky ReadWrite Clinic , a program to promote reading and writing skills in children. The author has been active in the field of children's literacy since 2013. She founded the initiative African Youth Writers Organization (AYWO) . At that time she was working in a rural area of ​​Ghana for the Department of Community Development and Social Welfare in the areas of gender equality, economic fundamentals, literacy and health. Also in 2016, Portia Dery was among the winners for the Queen's Young Leaders Award .

The author won the Children's Africana Book Award for her book Grandma's List 2018 , which annually honors five children's and young adult books on Africa. She shares the award with the book's South African illustrator , Toby Newsome . The book tells the story of an eight-year-old girl, Fatima, who wants to help her grandmother. She receives a list of things to do from her grandmother, but she loses it. She tries to remember; the resulting story was hailed as both funny and heartwarming. The book was published in 2016 by African Bureau Stories . In 2014 the manuscript of the book had already been awarded the Golden Baobab Prize for The Best Picture Book manuscript .

Portia Dery originally comes from the northwest region of Ghana and now lives in Tamale .

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  1. ↑ To Interview with Golden Baobab Prize Longlist Author Portia Dery. Creative Writing Ghana, September 27, 2014, accessed May 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Winners. The Golden Baobab, accessed May 12, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Portia Dery. Irex, 2016, accessed May 12, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Alumni. The Queen's Young Leaders, accessed May 12, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Eunice Ahenkorah: Debut Ghanaian Author Wins International Literary Award. Modern Ghana, May 10, 2018, accessed May 12, 2018 .
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SURNAME Dery, Portia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ghanaian author
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century