| LC control no. | n 83175919 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PL8375.9.O36 Luo PR9381.9.O35 English |
| Personal name heading | Ogot, Grace, 1930-2015 |
| Variant(s) | Akinyi, Grace Emily, 1930-2015 Ogot, Grace, 1930- Ogot, Grace Akinyi, 1930-2015 |
| Associated country | Kenya |
| Associated place | Great Britain England |
| Birth date | 1930-05-15 |
| Death date | 2015-03-18 |
| Place of birth | Butere (Kenya) |
| Place of death | Nairobi (Kenya) |
| Affiliation | Kenya. National Assembly British Broadcasting Corporation Air-India |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Novelists Nurses Legislators Kenya--Officials and employees |
| Found in | Her Ber wat, 1981: t.p. (Grace Ogot) LC data base 8/31/83 (hdg.: Ogot, Grace, 1930-) Days of my life, 2012: t.p. (Grace Akinyi Ogot) Simbi Nyaima: the village that sank, 2018: title page (Grace Ogot) page 4 of cover (born 1930 in Asembo, in what is now Siaya County, Kenya; trained as a nurse at Mengo Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, and at the London School of Nursing, England; a former script writer for the BBC; also worked as an officer in community development and public relations; served the Kenya government as an Assistant Minister for many years; Mrs. Ogot was the wife of the Kenyan historian Professor Bethwell Allan Ogot; author of several literary works; Simbi Nyaima is her second novel in Dholuo [Luo]; this English translation has been done posthumously) Encyclopaedia Britannica online, viewed January 24, 2019 (Grace Ogot, née Grace Emily Akinyi; born May 15, 1930, Butere, near Kisumu, central Nyanza Region, Kenya; died March 18, 2015, Nairobi; Kenyan author of short stories and novels; she was the first woman to have fiction published by the East African Publishing House; a nurse by profession; married Bethwell Ogot in 1959; appointed to the National Assembly in Kenya in 1983, elected to a vacant seat in 1985; she also worked as a scriptwriter and announcer for the British Broadcasting Corporation, a headmistress, a community development officer in Kisumu, and an Air India public relations officer; she appeared on Voice of Kenya radio and television, and was a columnist in View Point in the East African Standard) |
| Associated language | eng luo |
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