{"id":5860,"date":"2025-08-15T12:48:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/?post_type=writer&#038;p=5860"},"modified":"2025-08-15T12:48:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:48:50","slug":"olubunmi-familoni","status":"publish","type":"writer","link":"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/writer\/olubunmi-familoni\/","title":{"rendered":"Olubunmi Familoni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Olubunmi Familoni<\/em> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a dramatist, essayist and short fiction writer whose debut collection of stories, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smithereens of Death<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won the ANA Prize for Short Stories in 2015; his debut play, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every Single Day<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was selected by the British Council as part of the Lagos Theatre Festival in 2016; his children&#8217;s novel, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ll Call My Brother for You<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, won the ANA Prize for Children&#8217;s Literature in 2019; his play, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Big Masquerades Dance Naked<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was longlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature and won the ANA Prize for Drama in 2023; his second children&#8217;s novel, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Road Does Not End<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, won The Nigeria Prize for Literature in 2024. 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