Biography

Yaa Gyasi (born 1989) is a Ghanaian-American novelist. Her debut novel Homegoing, published in 2016, won her, at the age of 26, the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Award for best first book, the PEN/Hemingway Award for a first book of fiction, the National Book Foundation's "5 under 35" honors for 2016 and the American Book Award. She was awarded a Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature in 2020.

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Gender
Female

Birth Place
Mampong, Ghana

Citizenships
Ghana, United States of America

Awards
Category:Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winners, National Book Foundation, American Book Awards

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Yaa Gyasi
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Yaa Gyasi