IGBO MADE AWARDS NOMINEE PROFILE- MARTIN BECK NWORAH (MBN)

Born Somtochukwu Sixtus Martin Nworah to the family of Chief and Dr(Mrs) Laz. Nworah of Ozubulu in Anambra state, Martin Beck Nworah (MBN) has been nominated in the category of Fast Rising Igbo Made Literary Icon in the Igbo Made Awards holding next month at Enugu State.

 

He will be privileged to be one of the youngest writers to share the same stage with the likes of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State (Special Recognition award in Politics), Chief Dr. Willie M. Obiano of Anambra State(Special Recognition award in Politics), Chief Ifeanyi Ubah, Flavour, Phyno, Patience Ozokwu, Emeka Morocco Maduka, John Okafor, Dr. Stella Okoli, Dr. Kate Omenugha and a host of other high profile dignitaries nominated in other categories of the award.

 

He had his Primary and Secondary education at Lagos and Anambra states respectively before proceeding to Nnamdi Azikiwe University to study Law where he is currently a 400level Law student of the institution. He has a good working knowledge of Latin and Mandarin Chinese languages. Martin Beck Nworah started writing in 2005 and went pro in 2012 with the release of his three novels; The Story, The Lesson and The Rhyme of Life. In that same year, he launched a foundation called The Pen Foundation to help in inspiring younger writers, motivational speakers and people who may wish to pursue a career in the creative industry. The three novels sold over 20,000 copies combined together and gave him the pedestal to rise in the creative industry.

 

In 2013 during the ill-fated ASUU strike of that year, he became a Secondary School teacher with his first certificate and with vast knowledge in the Arts, he was given the onerous task of teaching English Language, C.R.S and Literature In English to four different classes. While teaching, he developed a niche for himself by writing daily articles for both online and print media houses. To date, he has over 250 published short and long articles to his credit both in the print and online media which explores politics, lifestyle, commonsense, education, Law, career and people's way of living. One of his short, insightful and controversial articles, "Lesbian Virginity" was published in Daily Times ( dailytimes.com.ng/on-lesbian-virginity/ ) one of Nigeria's oldest leading news and print media company. Most of his online articles, short stories and quotes can be viewed through www.google.nl/search… .

 

2014 came with the expansion of Martin Beck Nworah's literary arsenal to a radical creative style of writing. He created a new way of combining English, Pidgin English, students slangs and Igbo language in writing stories. This was clearly reflective in his Best-Selling Students novel titled "Diary Of A Unizik Babe". The novel have sold over 10,000 copies to date and still counting. The comedy novel is centred around the life of a university female undergraduate who takes everyone on a ride to see what campus life looks like. In December of 2014, as a result of his creative prowess and astute consistency, he was given the award for the Most Creative Youth In Anambra State at the Anambra Exclusive Youth Choice Awards which held at Origin Hotels, Anambra State. He has since gone on to win other awards and recognition in creative writing and storytelling, creativity, branding, conversationalism and speaking. He was also nominated this year again in the 2nd edition of the Anambra Exclusive Youth Choice Awards as the Best Writer of the Year.

 

Also in 2014 which happened to be an eventful year for our young creative writer, he was elected as the Information Minister of the Students Union Government of Nnamdi Azikiwe University. In 2015, he re-branded the office and introduced new media outlets to reach out to the students in the dissemination of information, entertainment and news. He will be hosting the first ever ‪#‎ZikitesUSNConnect‬ on the 5th of December, 2015 for UNIZIK students to meet, have fun and exchange ideas before he leaves office. The event is billed to happen at Fayrouz Spot on the said date by 6:00pm.

 

He has been nominated in the category of the Fast Rising Igbo Made Literary Icon because of these antecedents and others not mentioned here. We wish him all the best.

 

To vote for Martin Beck Nworah (MBN), visit http://www.igbomadeawards.com/vote/ , scroll down to his name, click on it and then scroll to the end of the page and click on "Vote". You can vote for other categories before leaving the page.

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