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Aminatta Forna
OBE
Aminatta Forna at the awairds ceremony o the LiBeraturpreis 2008 for her beuk "Ancestor Stones".
Forna in Frankfurt am Main, 2008
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Bellshill, Lanrikshire, Scotland
ThriftAuthor, academic, commentator
Alma materUniversity College London
Notable awairdsCommonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book Award 2011, 2014 Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (Fiction)
SpooseSimon Westcott
Wabsteid
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Aminatta Forna, OBE (born 1964) is a Scots writer.[1]

  • 2003: (in Inglis) The Devil That Danced on the Water [2]
  • 2006: (in Inglis) Ancestor Stones [3]
  • 2010: (in Inglis) The Memory of Love [4]
  • 2013: (in Inglis) The Hired Man [5]
  • 2018: (in Inglis) Happiness [6]


References

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  1. "Aminatta Forna". Edinburgh International Book Festival. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest. Grove Press. 18 December 2003. ISBN 978-0-8021-4048-7.
  3. Ancestor Stones. Atlantic Monthly Press. 14 August 2006. ISBN 978-0-87113-944-3.
  4. The Memory of Love. Bloomsbury. Apryle 2010. ISBN 978-1-4088-0813-9.
  5. The Hired Man. Bloomsbury. Mairch 2013. ISBN 978-1-4088-1877-0.
  6. Happiness. Bloomsbury. 2018. ISBN 978-0-8021-2755-6.