Jowhor Ile (born 1980)[1] is a Nigerian writer known for his first novel, And After Many Days.
[6] His short fiction has appeared in The Sewanee Review, McSweeney's Quarterly and Litro Magazine.
He earned his MFA at Boston University, and was a visiting professor at West Virginia University, dividing his time between Nigeria and the U.S.[7] His short story "Fisherman's Stew", published in The Sewanee Review (2019), was shortlisted for the 2020 Caine Prize,[8] was a winner of the 2021 O. Henry Prize and was included in The Best Short Stories Anthology 2021, guest-edited and introduced by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
[9] Ile lectures in the Department of English & Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University in Wales.
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