Michael Imossan

Michael Imossan is a Nigerian poet, playwright and editor of Ibibio origin. He is the author of the award-winning chapbook For the Love of Country and Memory (Poetrycolumnnd, 2022) as well as the pamphlet A Prelude to Caving (Konyashamsrumi, 2023). His full-length manuscript “Broken in Three Places” was named a semifinalist for the Sillerman Prize for African Poetry. He is a recipient of the PEN INTERNATIONAL writers grant. He is a Best of Net Nominee ’22, a Pushcart Nominee ’23 and a Forward Poetry Prize Nominee ’24.