The 2022 recipients of the Windham-Campbell Prizes. Top row, left to right: Sharon Bridgforth, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Emmanuel Iduma, and Margo Jefferson. Bottom row, left to right: Zaffar Kunial, Wong May, Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, and Winsome Pinnock.
The 2022 recipients of the Windham-Campbell Prizes. Top row, left to right: Sharon Bridgforth, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Emmanuel Iduma, and Margo Jefferson. Bottom row, left to right: Zaffar Kunial, Wong May, Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, and Winsome Pinnock. Yale University announced on March 29 the eight recipients of the 2022 Windham-Campbell Prizes, marking the 10th anniversary of one of the world's most significant international literary awards. The writers, whose works explore the personal as well as complex issues of history, politics, and culture, were honored for their literary achievement or promise. Each will receive $165,000 to support their work. The prize recipients are in fiction, Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwe) and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu (Zimbabwe); in non-fiction, Margo Jefferson (United States) and Emmanuel Iduma (Nigeria); in drama, Winsome Pinnock (United Kingdom) and Sharon Bridgforth (United States); and in poetry, Wong May (Ireland/Singapore/China) and Zaffar Kunial (United Kingdom).
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