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Mabel Segun was born on 1930 in Ondo City, Nigeria, is a Nigerian writer (born 1930). Discover Mabel Segun's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 94 years old?

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Occupation Poet · playwright · children's writer · broadcaster
Age 94 years old
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Born 1930, 1930
Birthday 1930
Birthplace Ondo City, Nigeria
Nationality Niger

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1930

Mabel Segun, NNOM (born 1930) is a Nigerian poet, playwright and writer of short stories and children's books.

She has also been a teacher, broadcaster, and a sportswoman.

Born in Ondo City, Nigeria, she had her secondary school education at CMS Girls' School Lagos.

1953

She attended the University of Ibadan, graduating in 1953 with a BA degree in English, Latin and History.

She taught these subjects in Nigerian schools, and later became Head of the Department of English and Social Studies and Vice-Principal at the National Technical Teachers' College, Yaba (now Yaba College of Technology).

1965

Her first book, My Father's Daughter, published in 1965, has been widely used as a literature text in schools all over the world, and her books have been translated into German, Danish, Norwegian and Greek.

1977

As a broadcaster, Segun won the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation 1977 Artiste of the Year award.

1978

Segun has championed children's literature in Nigeria through the Children's Literature Association of Nigeria, which she founded in 1978, and the Children's Documentation and Research Centre, which she set up in 1990 in Ibadan.

She is also a fellow of the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany.

1981

She was a founding member of the Association of Nigerian Authors, established by Chinua Achebe in 1981.

1992

Her work is included in the anthology Daughters of Africa (1992).

2007

In 2007, Segun was awarded the LNG Nigeria Prize for Literature.

2009

In 2009, she received the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award (NNOM) for lifetime achievements.

2015

In 2015, the Society of Young Nigerian Writers under the leadership of Wole Adedoyin founded the Mabel Segun Literary Society, aimed at promoting and reading the works of Mabel Segun.