Lawrence Darmani

Lawrence Darmani is a Ghanaian novelist, poet, and publisher.[1] His first novel, Grief Child which was written in the year 1991,won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize as best first book from Africa in 1992.[2]

He also writes devotional articles for Our Daily Bread,[3] which touches the lives of many Christians around the world. He fellowships with the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.

He is editor of Step magazine[4] and CEO of Step Publishers. He is married with two daughters and lives in Accra.[5]

Selected works

  • Grief Child, Lion Pub., 1991, ISBN 978-0-7459-1821-1; iAcademic Books, 2001, ISBN 978-1-58868-147-8
  • Stories from Africa 4, African Christian Press, 1996, ISBN 978-9964-87-855-9
  • Young and Restless: Challenges facing the youth of today, Asempa Publishers, 1999, ISBN 978-9964-78-250-4

References

  1. ^ Books, Lawrence Darmani.
  2. ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  3. ^ Devotionals by Lawrence Darmani
  4. ^ Penny Dale, "Nurturing Ghana's writing talent", BBC News, 24 April 2001.
  5. ^ Biographical note, Lausanne World Pulse