Harriet Anena
Ber (Harriet) Anena | |
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| Born | Harriet Anena Gulu District, Uganda |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | Makerere University (Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication) (Master of Arts in human rights) Columbia University (MFA Writing, Creative Nonfiction) |
| Genre | Poetry, fiction, nonfiction |
| Notable works | A Nation In Labour (2015) |
| Notable awards | 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa |
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Ber Anena born and previously published as Harriet Anena is a Ugandan writer and performer, whose writing includes poetry, nonfiction and fiction. She is the author of a collection of poems, A Nation In Labour, published in 2015, won the 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. The Economist described her poetry performance as "an arresting evocation of love and war".