Fiction — Samuel Kọ́láwọlé (Whiting Award 2025)Samuel Kọ́láwọlé

Fiction — Samuel Kọ́láwọlé (Whiting Award 2025)

Whiting Award · 2025 · Winner

Whiting FoundationApril 1, 2025Literary Fiction

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Whiting Award	2025	Winner	“Fiction — Samuel Kọ́láwọlé”

About This Book

Samuel Kọ́láwọlé is recognized for his fiction — including the novel Egúngún — for his exploration of Yoruba tradition, migration, and the African diaspora. This record is a writer-level placeholder for his Whiting Award.

About the Author

Samuel Kọ́láwọléNigerian

Samuel Kọ́láwọlé was born and raised in Ibadan, Nigeria. He is the author of the critically acclaimed debut novel The Road to the Salt Sea, winner of the 2025 Whiting Award for Fiction and finalist for the 2025 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. He teaches fiction writing as an Assistant Professor of English and African Studies at Pennsylvania State University.