Jowhor Ile

Jowhor Ile (born 1980)^[1] is a Nigerian writer known for his first novel, And After Many Days.^[2][3][4] In 2016, the novel was awarded the Etisalat Prize for Literature.^[5][6]

Ile was raised in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.^[6] His short fiction has appeared in The Sewanee Review, McSweeney's Quarterly and Litro Magazine. He earned his MFA at Boston University, and was a visiting professor at West Virginia University, dividing his time between Nigeria and the U.S.^[7]

His short story "Fisherman's Stew", published in The Sewanee Review (2019), was shortlisted for the 2020 Caine Prize,^[8] was a winner of the 2021 O. Henry Prize and was included in The Best Short Stories Anthology 2021, guest-edited and introduced by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.^[9]

Ile lectures in the Department of English & Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University in Wales.^[10]