Chenjerai Hove

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Chenjerai Hove was a prominent Zimbabwean novelist, poet, and essayist known for his powerful critiques of colonialism and post-independence politics.

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instanceOf essayist
human
novelist
poet
political commentator
awardReceived Noma Award for Publishing in Africa
Zimbabwe Literary Award
awardReceivedFor Bones
causeOfExile political persecution
countryOfBirth Rhodesia
surface form: Southern Rhodesia
countryOfCitizenship Zimbabwe
countryOfDeath Norway
dateOfBirth 1956-02-09
dateOfDeath 2015-07-12
educatedAt Marist Brothers Secondary School
University of South Africa
University of Zimbabwe
employer The Zimbabwe Standard
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation
ethnicGroup Shona people
gender male
genre poetry
political fiction
postcolonial literature
knownFor critique of colonialism
critique of post-independence politics in Zimbabwe
languageOfWorkOrName English
Shona
movement Zimbabwean literature
notableWork Ancestors
Blind Moon
Bones
Rainbows in the Dust
Shadows
Shebeen Tales
occupation journalist
teacher
writer
placeOfBirth Mazvihwa
placeOfDeath Stavanger
positionHeld board member of Zimbabwe Human Rights Association
president of the Zimbabwe Writers Union
residence Harare
Stavanger
theme displacement and exile
human rights
rural life in Zimbabwe
war of liberation in Zimbabwe
writingStyle lyrical prose
use of oral storytelling traditions

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