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| ABOUT THE POET |
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 | Poetry World is a website that tends to put poetry in their right perspectives or positions,as written by an African poet.It is designed to give it right of place among contemporary world poetry websites. |
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| The editor of Poetry World is in person of Babatunde Oduwole.He is a graduate of Agricultural Engineering,University Of Ibadan.He was under the tutelage of Professor Babajide Lucas of the department of Agricultural Engineering for five years.He was the associate editor of the magazine,named,"student engineer",a publication of the Faculty Of Technology,University of Ibadan.He was also the Secretary General of the Federation Of Ijebu Student and a member of the Nnamdi Azikwe Hall press organization,University of Ibadan,Ibadan,Nigeria. |
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While he was still an undergraduate he had served as a student trainee in many companies,including,Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authorities,Alabata,Abeokuta,Ogun state and Epe plywood industries Limited,Epe,Lagos state,Nigeria.After graduation,he had served under National Youth Service Corps of Nigeria as a teacher in one of secondary schools,named Ikara Secondary School,Ikara,where he doubled as the secretary general of the corpers serving in Ikara,in the suburb of Kaduna state,in the northern part of Nigeria. |
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Having been discharged from the youth service corps,he was employed by another secondary school,named Moslem Comprehensive High School,Ijebu-Ode,Ogun state,located in the southern part of Nigeria to teach Physics and additional mathematics as subjects.He had taught Physics and additional mathematics for three years before he left Nigeria for Dublin.At Dublin,he enrolled for postgraduate diploma in web design and development at Fitzwilliam Institute,Dublin and was awarded a postgraduate diploma certificate by the Institute of Commercial Management,United Kingdom. |
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Babatunde Oduwole has been writing poems and songs in all manners of styles for upwards of ten years.In the year 2002,he was given awards and as well nominated as one of the poets of year 2002 by the international society of poets,1 Poetry Plaza,Owings Mills,MD 21117-6282,USA.The awards include:Editor's Choice award of the international library of poetry,international poet of merit silver bowl award and bronze commemorative award medallion.All these awards are displayed on this website. |
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He has again been nominated in the year 2003 as one of the poets of the year by the same body,and recognised by the noble house publishers as an international author.Many of his poems have appeared in the anthologies of the International Library Of Poetry. The anthologies include best poems and poets 2002 and 2003,songs from the heart and Eternal Portraits. |
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| He is now a Founding Laureate Member of the International Society Of Poets.To know more about the poet,and for beautiful poems and songs;communicate him at this email address |
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