Regina Amollo | |
Birth Place: | Uganda |
Occupation: | Writer |
Notable Works: | A Season of Mirth, When Mother Leaves Home, The Pain of Borrowing |
Regina Amollo (born) is a Ugandan writer.[1]
Trained as a nurse, Amollo started writing her first novel, A Season of Mirth, in 1976.[1] [2] She was encouraged to complete the manuscript by one of her professors, Austin Ejiet, but it took until 1999 for the book to be published.[2] The book, which explores male chauvinism and women's oppression in Uganda,[3] is now required reading for Ugandan students.[2]
Amollo retired from nursing in 2009.[1] She has published several other books, including When Mother Leaves Home and The Pain of Borrowing.[1] [2] She wrote a two-volume primer for the Kumam language, Pwonyo Isoma Itabu Me Agege, and published an anthology of stories by women writers entitled Those Days in Iganga.[2]