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Adiela Akoo

Adiela Akoo
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  • Country: South Africa
  • Books: 3
  • Profession: Author/Poet/Publisher
  • Born: 4 May
  • Member Since: Oct 2019
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BIOGRAPHY

Adiela Akoo was born on the 4th of May in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, though mostly raised and educated in the neighbouring city of Durban, where she received the prestigious Dux Award (Valedictorian). She has a background in banking and comprehensive healing.

In her spare time she loves creating art and crafts using mixed media, reading, spending time with loved ones, watching movies, playing scrabble and chess, creating in the kitchen, chatting to the birds out in the garden, or the stray cats who have adopted her, among other things.

She was nominated as one of the Top 7 ‘Most Promising Literary Influencers’ in the GBC Awards 2020 and received the Silver Star Award from the Global Literary Society for 'excellent contribution to world literature', among others. She was included in the Best Emerging Poets of 2019 series, the Best New African Poets 2020 - 2023, has won poetry contests, and been published in a variety of journals and anthologies across the world. She has also represented the Durban Unesco City of Literature in various collaborations with other cities of literature.

‘Lost in a Quatrain’, her deep, soulful, debut collection, was cathartically written over a period of 18 years and is a thought-provoking read on a journey to becoming, a journey of hope and healing.

The poem “Whiplash” from the book was quoted in a debate in The House of Parliament and ‘Pre Natal’ was nominated “Poem of the Day’ on the popular poetry platform, PoemHunter. Lost in a Quatrain was First Runner-Up for poetry in the South African Independent Publisher Awards 2021. Her second collection will be released in 2024.

As an ambassador of literacy, she volunteered her time in the position of Vice-Chair of Litasa, KZN – The Literacy Association of South Africa. She is also the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the new literary journal, The Quilled Ink Review.

Read her backstory and connect with her here: https://linktr.ee/Adiela.Akoo

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Lost in a Quatrain
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Lost in a Quatrainby Adiela AkooPublish: Oct 29, 2018Biographies & Memoirs
The Quilled Ink Review: Ode to Love
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The Quilled Ink Review: Ode to Loveby Adiela AkooPublish: Nov 17, 2023Series: The Quilled Ink ReviewLiterary Fiction
Lost in a Quatrain: Poetry Memoir
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Lost in a Quatrain: Poetry Memoirby Adiela AkooPublish: Oct 29, 2018Biographies & Memoirs

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  • The Quilled Ink Review

    1 The Quilled Ink Review: Ode to Love - Published on Nov, 2023

Adiela Akoo's Awards and Achievements

    Adiela Akoo has earned excellence awards over time. Here is the glimpse of the accolades clinched by the author.

  • SAIP Awards First Runner-Up (Poetry)
    2021

    Lost in a Quatrain: Poetry Memoir

    award
  • Vice Chair of Litasa - Literacy Assoc. of South Africa (KZN)
    2021 achievement
  • "Top 7 Most Promising Literary Influencers"
    2020 award
  • International Art & Literary Review Certificate of Recognition
    2020 award
  • Poetry Contest Winner
    2020 award
  • Book Cover Contest
    2019

    Lost in a Quatrain: Poetry Memoir

    award
  • Global Literary Society's The Silver Star Award
    2019 award
  • Poem Contest Winner
    2019 award
  • Quoted in The House of Parliament
    2018

    Lost in a Quatrain: Poetry Memoir

    achievement

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Lost in a Quatrain
(8) (1) $4.4 kindleeBook, Paperback, Signed Paperback,
Lost in a Quatrainby Adiela AkooPublish: Oct 29, 2018Biographies & Memoirs
Adiela Akoo Adiela Akoo 4 months ago
First Runner Up for poetry in the SAIP Awards 2021, this poetry memoir was cathartically written over a period of 18 years and initially intended for the poet's eyes only.
The Quilled Ink Review: Ode to Love
(1) (1) $4.99 kindleeBook, Paperback,
The Quilled Ink Review: Ode to Loveby Adiela AkooPublish: Nov 17, 2023Series: The Quilled Ink ReviewLiterary Fiction
Adiela Akoo Adiela Akoo 4 months ago
An eclectic mix of accomplished writers from across the world and yet, the language of Love, in all its shades, remains the same. It begs of you to pause for a moment, reflect, and bathe in its beauty. It begs of you to see that poetry in itself is an act of Love, an act of healing, and that the stories too urge you to dance despite the darkness.

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      • When readers get in touch to say things like : " I love this book. It touched my heart" and another " This book helped heal my soul". Having that impact ... having my words touch the heart of another living being... that is what success looks like to me....
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      • My mother inspired me to write and encouraged me at an early age. She wrote poetry. But it was also her way of keeping me occupied after school, while she was away at work. I have been writing ever since but have only recently been "pushed to publish" my first book
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      • Keep pen and paper (or whatever writing medium you prefer) easily accessible, especially at your bedside, so as to ink it when you think it.
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      • Yes. I overcome it by channeling my energy into some other creative project. I love drawing and crafting among other things. Some pieces still grace the tabletops and walls of my home but many have been given to loved ones as gifts.
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