Eloghosa Osunde
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Eloghosa Osunde is a Nigerian writer and multidisciplinary artist whose work spans fiction, visual art, film, and creative curation. Their writing explores identity, sexuality, belonging, and the complexities of contemporary Nigerian life, often giving voice to people whose experiences are underrepresented in mainstream literature. Their debut novel, Vagabonds! (2022), received widespread critical acclaim and was named a New Yorker Best Book of the Year. Osunde has also won the Plimpton Prize for Fiction, the Museum of the African Diaspora’s African Literary Award, and an American Society of Magazine Editors Award for Fiction. Their short fiction and other writing have appeared in prestigious literary publications, including The Paris Review, Granta, and Guernica. Through their work, Osunde challenges conventional ideas about identity and community, creating imaginative worlds in which marginalized people can express their desires, contradictions, and humanity.
