Uchenna Awoke author biography, plus links to books by Uchenna Awoke.

Uchenna Awoke

Uchenna Awoke is a writer from Nsukka, Nigeria and the author of The Liquid Eye of a Moon. His short stories have appeared in Transition, Elsewhere, Trestle Ties, Oyster River Pages, Evergreen Review, and other publications. He has received fellowships from MacDowell and the Vermont Studio Center. He is an Artist Protection Fund Fellow and was the inaugural Arkansas International Writer-at-Risk Residency Fellow, currently enrolled at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He was a 2019 Graywolf African Fiction Prize finalist.

This biography was last updated on 05/12/2026.

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