Lillian Aujo

Lillian Aujo
Born	Lillian Akampurira Aujo Uganda
Occupation	writer
Nationality	Ugandan
Genre	Fiction, poetry
Website
lillianakampuriraaujo.blogspot.com

Lillian Aujo is a Ugandan author.^[1] In 2009, She was the first winner of the first BN poetry prize by Babishai Niwe (BN) Poetry Foundation.^[2][3] In 2015, she was longlisted for,^[4] and won the Inaugural Jalada Prize for Literature for her story "Where pumpkin leaves dwell".^[5]

Writing

Aujo is a member of Femrite. Her work “The Eye of Poetry” and “Getting Nowhere” were published in Suubi, a publication by African Writers Trust.^[6] She attended the Caine Prize workshop 2013,^[7][8] and her story "Red" was published in the Caine Prize anthology "A memory this size and other stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2013".^[9] Her work has appeared in anthologies by Femrite, "Talking tales" and "Summoning the rains".^[10]

Published works

Shortstories

• 'Red' in A memory this size and other stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2013. Jakana media. 2013. ISBN 9781431408382.
• "My big toe", in Hilda Twongyeirwe and Ellen Banda-Aaku, ed. (2012). Summoning the Rains. Femrite Publications. ISBN 9789970700257.
• "Where pumpkin leaves dwell"
• "Getting nowhere" in The Suubi Collection (2013)

Poetry

• "Soft Tonight", in Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva, ed. (2014). A thousand voices rising: An anthology of contemporary African poetry. BN Poetry Foundation. ISBN 978-9970-9234-0-3.
• "Soft Tonight", in Violet Barungi, ed. (2009). Talking Tales. Femrite Publications. ISBN 9789970700219.
• "Born in these Times" in Bakwa, 2013
• "The eye of poetry" in The Suubi Collection (2013)
• "Fresh Coat of Paint" in the revelatormagazine

References

1. "Books they read: Liliam A. Aujo- writer". http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/-/691232/1334014/-/ad9s5/-/index.html''.
2. "Award Ceremonies". http://www.bnpoetryaward.co.ug/award-ceremonies/''.
3. "Uganda Ignites in Poetry Passion". http://afrolit.com/uganda-ignites-in-poetry-passion/1192/l.aspx''.
4. "Longlist for the Inaugural Jalada Prize for Literature". http://jalada.org/the-jalada-prize/''.
5. "The Jalada Prize" jalada.org. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
6. "Review of Lillian A. Aujo’s “The Eye of Poetry” and “Getting Nowhere” published in Suubi". http://www.africanwriterstrust.org/review-of-lillian-a-aujos-the-eye-of-poetry-and-getting-nowhere-published-in-suubi/''.
7. "Creative minds assemble by Lake Victoria: reflections on the 2013 Caine Prize workshop, by Lizzy Attree". http://caineprize.blogspot.com/2014/02/this-is-belated-post-on-uganda-workshop.html''.
8. "Ten Days at the Caine Prize Writing Workshop". https://moonchild09.wordpress.com/tag/lillian-aujo/''.
9. "Caine prize anthology launched". http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Caine-prize-anthology-launched/-/691232/1759300/-/oh9h7l/-/index.html''.
10. "Summoning the Rains: African women on patriarchy". http://startjournal.org/2012/07/summoning-the-rains-african-women-on-patriarchy/''.

External links

• "Poetry and my writing club"