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Adiela Akoo [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
South Africa
ZA
Email: 
adielaakoo.info@gmail.com
Bio: 

Adiela Akoo, a recipient of the prestigious Dux Award, is a South African poet/writer with a background in banking and comprehensive healing.

Her poems and essays first appeared in print in the quarterly literary journal, The Moving Finger. She has since been published in a variety of magazines, journals and anthologies including Fidelities, Different Horizons, Sincerely Yours , Emotional Journey's', Renaissance, Sufi, Nature 2018-2019, Grey Thoughts, 25 Years of Freedom, Tales for Love, and others.

She also won the Poetry in my Mind August 2019 Poem Contest with her poem " As You Perceive", which has been translated into Bangla and Turkish by fellow poets. "Redolent" was a runner up in a contest by Rui M Publishing. "Pre Natal" was nominated Poem of the Day on the popular poetry site PoemHunter and "Whiplash" was quoted in The South African House of Parliament.

Lost in a Quatrain is her debut and has been described by readers as "Heart Touching" and 'Soul Healing"

CONNECT with Adiela Akoo here:

https://www.instagram.com/adiela_akoo/ [2]

https://www.instagram.com/adiela__akoo/ [3]

https://twitter.com/AdielaAkoo [4]

https://www.facebook.com/AdielaAkoo/ [5]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6K2Ui0 [6]...

amazon.com/author/adiela.akoo

https://www.goodreads.com/AdielaAkoo [7]

 

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Twitter/X: 
https://twitter.com/AdielaAkoo
Born in: 
Pietermaritzburg
South Africa
Raised in: 
South Africa
Website: 
https://adielaakoo.wixsite.com/writer [8]
Prizes won: 

Winner of Poetry in my Mind Poem Contest August 2019 


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