Nii Ayikwei Parkes Author & Editor

Nii Ayikwei Parkes, born in the United Kingdom to parents from Ghana, where he was raised, is a writer, editor and socio-cultural commentator. A 2007 recipient of Ghana's ACRAG award for poetry and literary advocacy, he is Senior Editor at flipped eye publishing and works across genres from theatre to fiction. Winner of multiple awards, most notably the Prix Laure Bataillon for the French translation of his novel Tail of the Blue Bird, (Jonathan Cape, 2009) he splits his time between Ghana and the United Kingdom, where he produces literature events and teaches.