Nnorom Azuonye is a Nigerian publisher, theater director, playwright, poet and advertising professional.
Background
Nnorom Azuonye is a native of Isuikwuato, Abia State of Nigeria, but was born at Enugu, now in Enugu State of Nigeria, on 12 July 1967. He is the youngest son of Stephen Onyemaechi Azuonye MON, Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire, and Hannah Egwuime Azuonye.
Education
He attended Government College Umuahia, Capital College, London, and University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he studied Dramatic Arts.
Career
He wrote Letter To God & Other Poems in 2003. In 2002, Azuonye founded the Sentinel Poetry Movement - an international community of writers and artists providing an interaction and publishing resource for poetry, fiction, drama, essays, interviews and review of the Arts. He is the Managing Editor of Sentinel Literary Quarterly - a magazine of world literature published by Sentinel Poetry Movement.
He is also the publisher of Sentinel Nigeria magazine - an online magazine of contemporary Nigerian writing Sentinel"s previous two publications, Sentinel Poetry (Online) and Sentinel Poetry Quarterly, have been merged into the single publication Sentinel Literary Quarterly.
In 2008, Azuonye founded the Excel for Charity Competition Series to encourage literary creative excellence while raising money for charities in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Excel for Charity is a service provided by Eastern Light Enterprise Project Management International - an Entertainment, Publishing, Marketing and Web Services company.
Azuonye is the Director of Operations and Creative Services at Eastern Light. Nnorom married Thelma Amaka Azuonye (née Mbomi) in 2006.