Adiela Akoo
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Adiela Akoo[edit]
Poet and Author, Adiela Akoo, was born on the 4th of May in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, though mostly raised and educated in the neighbouring city of Durban, where she received the prestigious Dux Award. She has a background in banking and comprehensive healing.
She was nominated as one of the Top 7 ‘Most Promising Literary Influencers’ in the GBC Awards 2020 and received the Silver Star Award from the Global Literary Society. She was included in the Best Emerging Poets of 2019 series, the Best New African poets of 2020 series (which was named as one of the '50 Notable African Books of 2021 by Brittle Paper), won the Poetry in my Mind August 2019 poetry contest with her poem 'As You Perceive', and again in April 2020 with her poem 'VIRUS'. She has been published in a variety of journals and anthologies across the world, including Best of Africa, The Penmen Review, Avbob's I Wish I'd Said, Fidelities X (edited by Kobus Moolman), Grey Thoughts, Different Horizons, and others.
‘Lost in a Quatrain’, her deep, soulful, debut collection was written over a period of 18 years and was first runner up for poetry in the South African Independent Publisher Awards 2021. The poem “Whiplash” from the book was quoted in The House of Parliament; ‘Pre Natal’ was nominated “Poem of the Day’ on the popular poetry platform, PoemHunter; 'Redolent' was a runner up in a poetry contest by RM Publishing; and 'Within' received a Certificate of Excellence from the Everychild Lifeline Foundation International Literary Awards & Demo Gog, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Adiela represented the Durban UNESCO City of Literature in collaborations with other cities of literature on various occasions. She was one of the 100 writers invited to participate in the online exhibition, "A City As A Writer's Workplace". She was further chosen to represent Durban UNESCO City of Literature in the UNESCO Cities of Literature Chainpoem Project which was organized by Utrecht UNESCO City of Literature in the Netherlands and was a collaboration with 11 other Cities of Literature. She was also one of 40 international writers invited by Ulyanovsk UNESCO City of Literature in Russia to participate in 'The Only Question' Project She also participated in poetry readings at literary festivals like The Madibaland World Literary Festivaland The Alan Paton Literary Festival. She has also served as a judge at the Zee TV Miss India South Africa International Pageant.
As an ambassador of literacy, she volunteers her time in the position of Vice-Chair of Litasa, KZN – The Literacy Association of South Africa. Adiela is also the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the new literary journal, The Quilled Ink Review.
Adiela is married, to a medical doctor, and they have three children, a son and two daughters.
References & Citations[edit]
1.'A City As A Writer's Workplace' - direct link to exhibited work
2. UNESCO Chain Poem Durban - audio on Utrecht UNESCO City of Literature Soundcloud profile
3. Utrecht UNESCO Cities of Literature Chainpoem Project - direct link to contributing poet's profile on Utrecht UNESCO City of Literature website[1]
4. Ulyanovsk UNESCO City of Literature 'The Only Question' Project
5. 'The Only Question' - Adiela Akoo, Durban and Sergei Gogin, Ulyanovsk
6. 'The Only Question' - Adiela Akoo, Durban and Rijn Collins, Melbourne
7. Women's Own Network[2] - feature
8. Dr Marguerite Poland Review
12. The Penmen Review article 1
13. The Penmen Review article 2
14. Poets & Writers[3]
15. House of Parliament (pg 154-155)
16. AM News[4]
18. Tribune - one of 4 authors quoted in the article
19. Ozofe[5]
20. Publications[6]
21. Books[7]
22. Non Fiction Authors Association[8]
23. Interview with Tom Mclaren
25. Press[9]
26. Muck Rack[10]
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- ↑ "Adiela Akoo". City of Literature (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ↑ "Adiela Akoo: From banker to author". 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ↑ "Adiela Akoo". Poets & Writers. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
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- ↑ "Adiela Akoo Poems - Biography of Poet Adiela Akoo · OZoFe.Com". OZoFe.Com. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ↑ "Adiela Akoo - publications". AdielaAkoo. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ↑ "Adiela Akoo Books". AdielaAkoo. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ↑ "Adiela Akoo". Nonfiction Authors Association. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ↑ "Press". AdielaAkoo. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ↑ "Pardon Our Interruption". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
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