Ejiro Edward

  • Graduate Student

Contact

ejiro55@iastate.edu

515-294-2180

Ross
527 Farm House Ln
Ames IA
50011-1054

Bio

Ejiro Elizabeth Edward is a Passionate lover of the Arts. She is the winner of the Antoa Poetry Contest 2021, The Ken Saro Wiwa Prize for Review 2022 and the Sevhage prize 2023. She currently runs a literary festival that promotes books and literature in Benin city. The Benin art and Book Festival is currently in her third year and she intends to expand it in the nearest future into a residency program for artists within Benin city. Apart from writing her knowledge of the art extends into all form of art including visual and performing.

She is the recipient of the Pearl Hogrefe Fellowship award.

Education

BA, University of Benin in Adult Education in English and Literature, 2023