Kristina Rungano
Kristina Masuwa-Morgan (born 28 February 1963)[1] is a Zimbabwean poet and short story writer, better known as Kristina Rungano.[2] She was the first published Zimbabwean woman poet.[3]
Biography
Rungano was born in 1963 in
Career
Her first poetry collection, A Storm is Brewing, was published by Zimbabwe Publishing House in 1984; this made her the first female Zimbabwean poet to have her work published.[4] Her poetry particularly covers themes relating to the experiences of women and war.[4][6] Some of her poetry has subsequently been included in anthologies such as Daughters of Africa (1992),[7] The Heinemann Book of African Women's Poetry (1995), The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry (1999) and Step into a World: A Global Anthology of New Black Literature (2000).[2][4] Rungano's second collection, To Seek a Reprieve and Other Poems, was published in 2004.[2]
Rungano currently lives in England,[4] where she is the Director of Learning and Teaching at the University of Greenwich.[6]
Bibliography
- A Storm is Brewing: Poems, Zimbabwe Publishing House, 1984, ISBN 978-0949932839
- To Seek a Reprieve and Other Poems, 2004[citation needed]
References
- ISBN 978-0-435-90680-1.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8093-2842-0.
- ^ Renate Papke, Poems at the Edge of Differences: Mothering in new English poetry by women, 2008, p. 185.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-313-33580-8.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-313-28988-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-940344-42-7.
- ^ Kristina Rungano, "The Woman", in Busby, Margaret (ed.), Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent, London: Jonathan Cape, 1992; Vintage, 1993; pp. 963–964.
Further reading
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- ^ Smanganyi (6 August 2020). "Kristina Rungano". Pindula. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ "Kristina Rungano Poems". Poem Hunter. Retrieved 28 May 2022.