Timothy Ogene
Timothy Ogene was born in Nigeria, but has since lived in Liberia, Germany, the US, and the UK. He currently lives in Maine.
His poems and stories have appeared in Numero Cinq, One Throne Magazine, Poetry Quarterly, Tahoma Literary Review, The Missing Slate, Stirring, Kin Poetry Journal, Mad Swirl, Blue Rock Review, aaduna, and other places. He holds a first degree in English and History from St. Edward’s University, and a Master of Studies in World Literatures in English from the University of Oxford. His first novel, The Day Ends Like Any Day, was published in April 2017.
Review in The Guardian: Timothy's latest fiction 2021
Seesaw by Timothy Ogene review – adventures in cultural expectations
This satire on stereotyping explores US academia through the eyes of a visiting Nigerian scholar
Descent & Other Poems was chosen by Felicity Plunkett for the Australian Book Reveiw list of Books of the Year, 2016. Felicity Plunkett's quote, "Nigerian-born Timothy Ogene’s Descent and Other Poems examines love, doubt, solitude and migration in attentive, luminous poems."
Glenna Luschei—Honorable Mention
While Descent & Other Poems was not the winner of the 2017 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry, judge John Keene made an honorable mention, saying, "Timothy Ogene’s debut collection, Descent & Other Poems, presents a lyric and emotional journey that swiftly and utterly captures the reader’s eye and heart.”
Lithub.com (Literary Hub) listed Descent & Other Poems in its FAVORITE POETRY COLLECTIONS OF 2017
Absent Calls: Poems—Timthy Ogene—Descent & Other Poems : Numéro Cinq
