Akin Jeje
BIO
Biography

Akin Jeje's works have been published and featured in Canada, the United States, Singapore, Australia, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. His first full-length poetry collection, Smoked Pearl was published by Proverse Hong Kong in 2010.

Jeje's latest publication is another full-length poetry collection entitled write about here, published in January 2024. He is currently at work on a novel entitled Maroon.  

Jeje is a previous MC of the Hong Kong English language poetry collective Peel Street Poetry, and one of its three directors. Jeje is also a regular contributor to Voice and Verse Magazine (Hong Kong) and Cha: An Asian Literary Journal.

ADDRESS
City: Calgary, Province/Territory: Alberta
EMAIL
GENRE
Poetry
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Write About Here
Publisher
Trivial Disaster Publishing
Year
2024
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Proverse Prize (Longlisted)
Publication
Smoked Pearl
Year
2009
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