Grace Ogot

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nurse
gptkb:person
author
politician
gptkbp:award gptkb:Order_of_the_Grand_Warrior_of_Kenya
gptkbp:birthDate 1930-05-15
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Grace_Emily_Akinyi
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Asembo,_Nyanza_Province,_Kenya
gptkbp:boardMemberOf gptkb:Jomo_Kenyatta_Foundation
gptkb:Kenya_Broadcasting_Corporation
gptkb:Kenya_National_Library_Service
gptkb:East_African_Publishing_House
gptkb:Kenya_Literature_Bureau
gptkbp:children four
gptkbp:deathDate 2015-03-18
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Nairobi,_Kenya
gptkbp:education Nursing school in Uganda
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Luo
gptkbp:firstPublished 1960s
gptkbp:genre gptkb:novel
fiction
short story
gptkbp:hasWorkedWith gptkb:Kenya_Broadcasting_Corporation
gptkb:BBC_Overseas_Service
gptkb:Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs,_Kenya
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Grace Ogot
gptkbp:knownFor pioneering African woman writer
blending Luo oral tradition with English literature
gptkbp:language gptkb:Luo
English
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Kenya_National_Assembly
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Kenyan
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Other_Woman
gptkb:The_Promised_Land
gptkb:The_Graduate
gptkb:Land_Without_Thunder
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:nurse
gptkb:writer
politician
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:servedAs gptkb:Assistant_Minister_for_Culture,_Kenya
Member of Parliament for Gem Constituency
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Bethwell_Ogot
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
literary criticism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bethwell_Allan_Ogot
gptkb:Nyanza_Province
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6