Alain Jules Hirwa
Born in Kidaho, Rwanda.
Books
2023 Akashic Books – ‘Hairpins’
Selected Publications
2025 Transition Magazine – ‘Nostalgia: Wabi-Sabi’ & ‘Tunis’ /poetry
2024 Tender Photo – ‘Home Dream’ /photography
2023 Poetry Society of America – ‘Hairpins’ /poetry
2020 Lolwe – ‘Dear Moon I Am the Color of Water’ /essay
2020 Wasafiri Magazine – ‘Homecoming’ /short fiction
Photography Exhibitions
2025 – The Strand (London, UK) – Imaging Peace / Collective exhibition
6th – 13th Dec 2024 L’Espace (Kigali, Rwanda) – STILETTOS, NIKES, AND A BASKETBALL / Solo exhibition funded by Goethe-Institut Kigali
2024 – Kigali Center for Photography (Kigali, Rwanda) – Belong MURWA / Collective exhibition
Awards & Grants
Finalist, Sillerman First Book Poetry Prize, 2025