Beatrice Lamwaka
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Beatrice Lamwaka
Birth place: Gulu, Uganda
Languages Spoken: Lani, English
Written Language: English
She was shortlisted for the 2011 Caine Prize for her story "Butterfly Dreams". She is the founder and director of Arts Therapy Foundation, a non-profit organisation that provides psychological and emotional support through creative arts therapies. She is the General Secretary of PEN Uganda Chapter and Executive member of Uganda Reproduction Rights Organisation (URRO). She has served on the Executive Board of Uganda Women Writers Association (FEMRITE), where she has been a member since 1998.
She used to write for Global Press Institute articles issues that affect women example: HIV/AIDS, impact of war on women,social justice, among others. Her creative writing (short stories and her novel) also focus on these issues. In 2009, she was a writer in residence at Château de Lavingny, Switzerland.
In November 2013, She was a resident working on her novel, Sunflowers, at Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center. She is a recipient of 2011 Young Achievers Award in the category of Art, Culture and Fashion.She received a grant from HF Guggenheim to research on land disputes in post conflict northern Uganda. She was shortlisted for the 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing and finalist for the PEN/Studzinski Literary Award 2009.
Bibliography:Anena's Victory. Fountain Publishers. 2003. ISBN 9970021893.
