Jerry Chiemeke
Novelist
Jerry Chiemeke (born 1 May 1991) is a Nigerian writer, lawyer, journalist, and film critic. Chiemeke won the 2017 Ken Saro-Wiwa Prize for Criticism.
Early life and education
Jerry Chiemeke was born on 1 May 1991 in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, to Stephen Chiemeke, a civil servant with the Federal Ministry of Environment, and the late Veronica Chiemeke, who worked as a teacher.
He developed an early interest in literature, reading the works of writers such as Chinua Achebe, Cyprian Ekwensi, Charles Dickens, H. Rider Haggard and James Hadley Chase. He was also exposed to film at a young age and grew up watching films featuring actors including Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jackie Chan, Cynthia Rothrock and Sean Connery.
Chiemeke attended Lumen Christi International High School, Uromi, Edo State, completing his secondary education in 2007. He subsequently studied law at the University of Benin, graduating in 2012 with a Second Class Upper Division degree. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2013 after completing his training at the Nigerian Law School.
Career
Chiemeke began publishing his writing publicly in 2013, initially sharing short fiction and essays on social media before launching a personal blog later that year. The blog served as an early outlet for his short stories and flash fiction, some of which were submitted to literary contests.
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