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Biography
Safia Elhillo is a Sudanese-American poet famous for her written and spoken poetry. Elhillo received a BA from the Gallatain School at New York University and an MFA in poetry from The New School. Elhillo is best known for her slam poetry performances and has performed all around the world. Elhillo has been praised for her work and has been the recipient of several prestigious poetry awards. Elhillo has shared the stage with notable poets such as Sonia Sanchez and currently teaches at Split This Rock.
Awards
Elhillo has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, was a co-winner of the 2015 Brunel University African Poetry Prize, won the 2016 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, and has received fellowships from Cave Canem, The Conversation, Crescendo Library, and the Poetry Foundation's Poetry Incubator.