Abubakar Adam Ibrahim has won the 2016 NLNG sponsored Nigeria Prize For Literature for his debut novel, “Season Of Crimson Blossoms”. The award announcement was made on Wednesday, 12th of October, 2016.
Abubakar’s novel “Season Of Crimson Blossoms”, beat the other other shortlisted novels, “Born On A Tuesday”, by Elnathan John, and “Night Dancer”, by Chika Unigwe, to clinch the $100,000 prize. Chika Unigwe had previously won the prize in 2012 for her novel “On Black Sister’s Street”.
