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Teju Cole
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1975
Teju Cole is a Nigerian American writer, photographer, and art historian. He is the author of a novella, Every Day Is for the Thief (2007); a novel, Open City (2011); an essay collection, Known and Strange Things (2016); a photobook, Punto d'Ombra (2016); and a second novel, Tremor (2023). Critics have praised his work as having "opened a new path in African literature."
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About Teju Cole
Birth
1975
First book
2007
Years writing
19
Teju Cole is a Nigerian American writer, photographer, and art historian. He is the author of a novella, Every Day Is for the Thief (2007); a novel, Open City (2011); an essay collection, Known and Strange Things (2016); a photobook, Punto d'Ombra (2016); and a second novel, Tremor (2023). Critics have praised his work as having "opened a new path in African literature."
Teju Cole is a multifaceted American author born in Michigan in 1975.
His work is notable for blending literature with his background as an art historian and photographer.
He is internationally recognized for acclaimed novels such as Open City and Every Day is for the Thief.
His identity is shaped by a dual cultural heritage as he holds both American and Nigerian citizenship.
Throughout his career, he has published over twenty works that explore the intersection of image and text.
