Chenjerai Hove

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Chenjerai Hove
Stavanger, Norway[1]
OccupationPoet and writer

Chenjerai Hove (9 February 1956 – 12 July 2015), was a Zimbabwean poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both English and Shona.[2] "Modernist in their formal construction, but making extensive use of oral conventions, Hove's novels offer an intense examination of the psychic and social costs - to the rural population, especially, of the war of liberation in Zimbabwe."[3] He died on 12 July 2015[4] while living in exile in Norway, with his death attributed to liver failure.[5]

Life

The son of a local chief Chenjerai Hove was born in

Marist Brothers Dete, in the Hwange district of Zimbabwe. After studying in Gweru, he became a teacher and then took degrees at the University of South Africa and the University of Zimbabwe.[2] He also worked as a journalist, and contributed to the anthology And Now the Poets Speak.[6] He published regularly in The Zimbabwean, an opposition newspaper founded in 2005.[7]

A critic of the policies of the

Lewis and Clark College and Brown University; he was also once a poet-in-residence in Miami. Chenjerai Hove's work was translated into several languages (including Japanese, German, and Dutch). He won several awards over the course of his career, including the 1989 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa
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Publications

Chenjerai Hove published numerous novels, poetry anthologies and collections of essays and reflections. His publications include:

Honours and awards

References

  1. ^ Grimes, William (23 July 2015). "Chenjeral Hove of Zimbabwean Struggles Dies at 59". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. ^ . Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  3. . Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Chenjerai Hove dies". Zbc.co.zw. 12 July 2015. Archived from the original on 3 August 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Exiled writer Chenjerai Hove dies". Nehanda Radio. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
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  7. ^ Grundy, Trevor (21 July 2015). "Chenjerai Hove: Novelist forced into exile from his native Zimbabwe who sought in his work to give a voice to the voiceless of Africa". The Independent. Retrieved 17 March 2021. Hove wrote regularly for that paper. Like Voltaire, Hove believed that the best way to get rid of dictators was to laugh at them. In one column, Hove asked his readers to remember the stories they'd heard as children – especially the story about the proud monkey who climbed to the top of the tallest tree seeking applause from below.
  8. ^ a b "The Noma Award For Publishing In Africa" Archived February 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Leading Zimbabwe writer Hove dies". BBC News. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

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