Awka Literary Society, literary enthusiasts, friends and well-wishers over the weekend celebrated a novelist and author of “Anambra Anthem”, Mr. Anthony Odili Ujuboṅu as he clocked sixty years of age.
Mr. Ujubuoṅu is also an advertising professional and Managing Director, Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency, ANSAA.
The event tagged “Literary evening with novelist, Odili Ujubonu”, featured special readings from the author’s works, lecture on “Ujubonu: 60 years of magic and aesthetics” by Uzor Marxim Uzoatu, poetry performances, roundtable dialogue, among others.
In his opening remark, co-founder of Awka Literary Society and former Chief Press Secretary to Governor Willie Obiano, Mr. James Ezeh, who said there are reasons to pause and ponder on activities of people who invest time and resources thinking and writing about issues in contemporary society, said one of the gains of the event would be to reshape the future of the young ones.
A veteran journalist and friend of the celebrant, Sir Chuka Nnabuife, who commended Mr. Ujuboṅu for having resourceful thoughts for humanity, and being committed to preserving and projecting the art of writing, urged upcoming writers to be inspired by the way the author is being celebrated.
In his remark, the celebrant, Mr. Ujuboṅu, who said he writes for a purpose, urged those interested in the art of writing to always task their imagination, and put in their best in literary work.
Asked by students present how he created the Anambra Anthem, Mr. Ujubonu said it was a creative work that emerged on its own, with about thirteen drafts before he was convinced, he had hit the point.
Students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Igbariam, Community Secondary School, and Redeem International High School, both in Okpuno, also participated at the event, and had opportunity to ask the celebrant questions around and about his literary endeavors.
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