Shimmer Chinodya

Shimmer Chinodya (born 1957 Gwelo, then Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland) is a Zimbabwean novelist.[1]

He studied at Mambo Primary School. He was expelled from Goromonzi after demonstrating against Ian Smith's government.[2] He graduated from the University of Zimbabwe, and from the University of Iowa, with an MA in creative writing, in 1985.[3][4]

Awards

Works
  • Dew in the Morning. Mambo Press. 1982. ISBN 9780435912062.; Heinemann, 2001, ISBN 978-0-435-91206-2
  • Farai’s Girls (1984)
  • Child of War (1986)
  • Harvest of Thorns (1989)
  • Can we talk and other Stories (1998)
  • Tale of Tamari (2004)
  • Chairman of Fools (2005)
  • Strife. African Books Collective. 2006. ISBN 978-1-77922-058-5.
  • Tindo's Quest, Longman Zimbabwe (Pvt) (January 2011), ISBN 978-1779034922

References
  1. "Literary Encyclopedia - Shimmer Chinodya". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. "allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Shimmer Chinodya Speaks Out (Page 1 of 2)". Archived from the original on 8 June 2010.
  3. "Author Bio: Shimmer Chinodya". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. "Shimmer Chinodya Biography - Shimmer Chinodya comments". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "NAMA Awards 2007". Pindula. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2020.


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