Lillian Aujo’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Lillian Aujo is a Ugandan author. In 2009, she was the first winner of the first BN poetry prize, from Babishai Niwe (BN) Poetry Foundation. In 2015, she was longlisted for, and won the Inaugural Jalada Prize for Literature for her story “Where pumpkin leaves dwell”.

Writing

Aujo is a member of Femrite. Her works “The Eye of Poetry” and “Getting Nowhere” were published in Suubi, a publication of the African Writers Trust. She attended the Caine Prize workshop 2013, and her story “Red” was published in the anthology A Memory This Size and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2013. Her work has appeared in anthologies by Femrite, “Talking tales” and “Summoning the rains”.

Published works

Short stories

• ‘Red’ in A memory this size and other stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2013. Jakana media. 2013. ISBN 9781431408382.
• “My big toe”, in Hilda Twongyeirwe and Ellen Banda-Aaku, ed. (2012). Summoning the Rains. Femrite Publications. ISBN 9789970700257.
• “Where pumpkin leaves dwell”
• “Getting nowhere” in The Suubi Collection (2013)

Poetry

• “Soft Tonight”, in Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva, ed. (2014). A thousand voices rising: An anthology of contemporary African poetry. BN Poetry Foundation. ISBN 978-9970-9234-0-3.
• “Soft Tonight”, in Violet Barungi, ed. (2009). Talking Tales. Femrite Publications. ISBN 9789970700219.
• “Born in these Times” in Bakwa, 2013
• “The eye of poetry” in The Suubi Collection (2013)
• “Fresh Coat of Paint” in the revelatormagazine