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==Life==
==Life==
Bulawayo was born and raised in Zimbabwe and attended [[Njube High School]] and later [[Mzilikazi High School]] for her A levels.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hard work, passion the special ingredients for success: author |author=Simba Manhango |url=http://www.thestandard.co.zw/entertainment/30720-hard-work-passion-the-special-ingredients-for-success-author.html |newspaper=The Standard |date=2011-07-23 |accessdate=2012-04-14}}</ref> She completed her college education in the US, studying at Kalamazoo Valley Community College,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2013/07/author_kvcc_graduate_noviolet.html|title=Author, KVCC graduate NoViolet Bulawayo named to prestigious Man Booker long list|work=MLive Media Group |author=John Liberty |date=July 23, 2013 }}</ref> and earning bachelor's and master's degrees in English from [[Texas A&M University-Commerce]] and [[Southern Methodist University]] respectively.<ref name=cornell>[http://www.arts.cornell.edu/english/people/?id=23 Elizabeth Tshele], Cornell University Department of English. Last accessed April 2012.</ref> In 2010, she completed a [[Master of Fine Arts]] in [[Creative Writing]] at [[Cornell University]], where her work was recognized with a [[Truman Capote Fellowship]].<ref name=cornell/>
Bulawayo was born and raised in Zimbabwe and attended [[Njube High School]] and later [[Mzilikazi High School]] for her A levels.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hard work, passion the special ingredients for success: author |first=Simba|last= Manhango |url=http://www.thestandard.co.zw/entertainment/30720-hard-work-passion-the-special-ingredients-for-success-author.html |newspaper=The Standard |date=23 July 2011 |accessdate=14 April 2012}}</ref> She completed her college education in the US, studying at Kalamazoo Valley Community College,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2013/07/author_kvcc_graduate_noviolet.html|title=Author, KVCC graduate NoViolet Bulawayo named to prestigious Man Booker long list|work=MLive Media Group |first=John |last=Liberty |date=23 July 2013 }}</ref> and earning bachelor's and master's degrees in English from [[Texas A&M University-Commerce]] and [[Southern Methodist University]] respectively.<ref name=cornell>[http://www.arts.cornell.edu/english/people/?id=23 Elizabeth Tshele], Cornell University Department of English. Retrieved April 2012.</ref> In 2010, she completed a [[Master of Fine Arts]] in [[Creative Writing]] at [[Cornell University]], where her work was recognized with a [[Truman Capote Fellowship]].<ref name=cornell/>


Her [[debut novel]], entitled ''[[We Need New Names]]'', was released in 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/book/We-Need-New-Names-A-Novel-by-NoViolet-Bulawayo?editors_pick_id=43545|title=We Need New Names: A Novel|publisher=Oprah|author=Kristy Davis }}</ref> and was included in the [[2013 Man Booker Prize]] shortlist.<ref name=bookershortlist>{{cite web|url=http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-shortlist-2013|title=Shortlist 2013 announced|date=10 September 2013|publisher=Man Booker Prize}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Driscoll|first=Molly|title=Man Booker Prize long list includes writers Colum McCann, Tash Aw|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2013/0723/Man-Booker-Prize-long-list-includes-writers-Colum-McCann-Tash-Aw|accessdate=23 July 2013|newspaper=Christian Science Monitor|date=July 23, 2013}}</ref> This made her the first black African woman and the first Zimbabwean to be shortlisted for the [[Man Booker Prize]].<ref>[https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gxn1UQzfFlxRyajVIHWz8jbSPyYg?docId=CNG.90870fe5a7f48d77a30bd6298455f89f.7f1&hl=en "First black African woman nominated for Booker Prize"] AFP, 10 September 2013.</ref> She also won the [[Etisalat Prize for Literature]] and the [[Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award]] among other accolades.
In 2011 she won the [[Caine Prize]] with her story "Hitting Budapest",<ref>[[Margaret Busby|Busby, Margaret]], [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/we-need-new-names-by-noviolet-bulawayo-8647510.html "We Need New Names, By NoViolet Bulawayo"], ''[[The Independent]]'', 7 June 2013.</ref> which had been published in ''[[Granta]]'' and became the opening chapter of her 2013 [[We Need New Names|debut novel]].<ref>[https://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/amit/books/bulawayo-2013-we-need-new.html "We Need New Names – NoViolet Bulawayo"] at ''Book Excerptise.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/book/We-Need-New-Names-A-Novel-by-NoViolet-Bulawayo?editors_pick_id=43545|title=We Need New Names: A Novel|publisher=Oprah|first=Kristy|last= Davis }}</ref><ref>Habila, Helon, [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/20/need-new-names-bulawayo-review "We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo – review"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 20 June 2013.</ref> ''We Need New Names'' was included in the [[2013 Man Booker Prize]] shortlist,<ref name=bookershortlist>{{cite web|url=http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-shortlist-2013|title=Shortlist 2013 announced|date=10 September 2013|publisher=Man Booker Prize}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Driscoll|first=Molly|title=Man Booker Prize long list includes writers Colum McCann, Tash Aw|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2013/0723/Man-Booker-Prize-long-list-includes-writers-Colum-McCann-Tash-Aw|accessdate=23 July 2013|newspaper=Christian Science Monitor|date=July 23, 2013}}</ref> making Bulawayo the first black African woman and the first Zimbabwean to be shortlisted for the [[Man Booker Prize|prize]].<ref>[https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gxn1UQzfFlxRyajVIHWz8jbSPyYg?docId=CNG.90870fe5a7f48d77a30bd6298455f89f.7f1&hl=en "First black African woman nominated for Booker Prize"] AFP, 10 September 2013.</ref> She also won the [[Etisalat Prize for Literature]] and the [[Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award]], among other accolades.


In 2011, it was reported that she had begun work on a memoir project.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-local-byo-5547-article-Zimbabwean,+NoViolet+Bulawayo's+'Hitting+Budapest'+takes+the+12th+Caine+Prize.html| title=Zimbabwean, NoViolet Bulawayo's 'Hitting Budapest' takes the 12th Caine Prize| date=July 12, 2011| work=Bulawayo 24 }}</ref> Bulawayo sat on the board of trustees of the pan-African literary initiative Writivism between 2014 and 2018.
In 2011, it was reported that she had begun work on a memoir project.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-local-byo-5547-article-Zimbabwean,+NoViolet+Bulawayo's+'Hitting+Budapest'+takes+the+12th+Caine+Prize.html| title=Zimbabwean, NoViolet Bulawayo's 'Hitting Budapest' takes the 12th Caine Prize| date=12 July 2011| work=Bulawayo 24 }}</ref> Bulawayo sat on the board of trustees of the pan-African literary initiative Writivism between 2014 and 2018.


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
*2010 [[Truman Capote Fellowship]]<ref name=cornell/>
*2010 [[Truman Capote Fellowship]]<ref name=cornell/>
*2011 [[Caine Prize for African Writing]] for the short story "Hitting Budapest" about a gang of street children in a [[Zimbabwe]]an [[shantytown]].<ref>[http://www.caineprize.com/news_2011_winner.php "NoViolet Bulawayo wins 12th Caine Prize for African Writing"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717043838/http://www.caineprize.com/news_2011_winner.php |date=2011-07-17 }}, Caine Prize for African Writing.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=NoViolet Bulawayo wins 'African Booker' |author=Alison Flood |url=http://guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/12/noviolet-bulawayo-caine-prize |newspaper=The Guardian |date=2011-07-12 |accessdate=2011-07-12}}</ref>
*2011 [[Caine Prize for African Writing]] for the short story "Hitting Budapest" about a gang of street children in a [[Zimbabwe]]an [[shantytown]].<ref>[http://www.caineprize.com/news_2011_winner.php "NoViolet Bulawayo wins 12th Caine Prize for African Writing"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717043838/http://www.caineprize.com/news_2011_winner.php |date=17 July 2011 }}, Caine Prize for African Writing.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=NoViolet Bulawayo wins 'African Booker' |author=Alison Flood |url=http://guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/12/noviolet-bulawayo-caine-prize |newspaper=The Guardian |date=12 July 2011 |accessdate=12 July 2011}}</ref>
*2013 [[Man Booker Prize]] shortlist for ''We Need New Names''<ref name=bookershortlist/>
*2013 [[Man Booker Prize]] shortlist for ''We Need New Names''<ref name=bookershortlist/>
*2013 [[National Book Award]]'s "5 Under 35" chosen by a panel of past finalists and winners. Bulawayo was selected by [[Junot Díaz]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mhpbooks.com/women-dominate-the-national-book-foundations-5-under-35-list/ |title=Women dominate the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 list |work=[[Melville House Books]] |author=Julia Fleischaker |date=September 13, 2013 |accessdate=September 14, 2013}}</ref>
*2013 [[National Book Award]]'s "5 Under 35" chosen by a panel of past finalists and winners. Bulawayo was selected by [[Junot Díaz]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mhpbooks.com/women-dominate-the-national-book-foundations-5-under-35-list/ |title=Women dominate the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 list |work=[[Melville House Books]] |author=Julia Fleischaker |date=13 September 2013 |accessdate=14 September 2013}}</ref>
*2013 [[Guardian First Book Award]] shortlist for ''We Need New Names''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/15/we-need-new-names-noviolet-bulawayo-guardian-first-book-award |title=We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo |work=[[The Guardian]] |author= |date=15 November 2013 |accessdate=February 5, 2014}}</ref>
*2013 [[Guardian First Book Award]] shortlist for ''We Need New Names''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/15/we-need-new-names-noviolet-bulawayo-guardian-first-book-award |title=We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo |work=[[The Guardian]] |author= |date=15 November 2013 |accessdate=5 February 2014}}</ref>
*2013 [[Barnes & Noble Discover Award]] finalist for ''We Need New Names''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/discover-book-awards-winners-finalists/379003476/ |title=2013 Discover Awards |publisher=[[Barnes & Noble]] |author= |year=2013 |accessdate=February 5, 2014}}</ref>
*2013 [[Barnes & Noble Discover Award]] finalist for ''We Need New Names''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/discover-book-awards-winners-finalists/379003476/ |title=2013 Discover Awards |publisher=[[Barnes & Noble]] |author= |year=2013 |accessdate=5 February 2014}}</ref>
*2013 [[Etisalat Prize for Literature]] winner for ''We Need New Names''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://etisalatprize.com/etisalat-prize-for-literature-announces-2013-shortlist/ |title=Etisalat Prize for Literature Announces 2013 Shortlist |publisher=Etisalat Prize |author= |date=January 23, 2014 |accessdate=January 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2014/02/23/noviolet-bulawayo-wins-the-inaugural-etisalat-prize-for-literature/ |title=NoViolet Bulawayo Wins the Inaugural Etisalat Prize for Literature |work=Books Live |author=Ben |date=February 23, 2014 |accessdate=February 23, 2014}}</ref>
*2013 [[Etisalat Prize for Literature]] winner for ''We Need New Names''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://etisalatprize.com/etisalat-prize-for-literature-announces-2013-shortlist/ |title=Etisalat Prize for Literature Announces 2013 Shortlist |publisher=Etisalat Prize |author= |date=23 January 2014 |accessdate=January 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2014/02/23/noviolet-bulawayo-wins-the-inaugural-etisalat-prize-for-literature/ |title=NoViolet Bulawayo Wins the Inaugural Etisalat Prize for Literature |work=Books Live |author=Ben |date=23 February 2014 |accessdate=23 February 2014}}</ref>
*2013 [[Los Angeles Times Book Prize]] Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, winner for ''We Need New Names''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-winners-los-angeles-times-book-prizes-20140411,0,4418200.story |title=Jacket Copy: The winners of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes are ... |work=[[LA Times]] |author=Carolyn Kellogg |date=April 11, 2014 |accessdate=April 14, 2014}}</ref>
*2013 [[Los Angeles Times Book Prize]] Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, winner for ''We Need New Names''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-winners-los-angeles-times-book-prizes-20140411,0,4418200.story |title=Jacket Copy: The winners of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes are ... |work=[[LA Times]] |first=Carolyn |last=Kellogg |date=11 April 2014 |accessdate=14 April 2014}}</ref>
*2014 [[Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award]] winner for ''We Need New Names''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/writer-from-zimbabwe-wins-penhemingway-award-for-first-novel/ |title=Writer From Zimbabwe Wins PEN/Hemingway Award for First Novel |work=New York Times |author=Allan Kozinn |date=March 17, 2014 |accessdate=April 2, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/03/noviolet_bulawayo_wins_prestig.html |title=NoViolet Bulawayo wins prestigious Hemingway/PEN award |work=MLive.com |author=Yvonne Zipp |date=March 18, 2014 |accessdate=April 2, 2014}}</ref>
*2014 [[Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award]] winner for ''We Need New Names''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/writer-from-zimbabwe-wins-penhemingway-award-for-first-novel/ |title=Writer From Zimbabwe Wins PEN/Hemingway Award for First Novel |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Allan Kozinn |date=17 March 2014 |accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/03/noviolet_bulawayo_wins_prestig.html |title=NoViolet Bulawayo wins prestigious Hemingway/PEN award |work=MLive.com |author=Yvonne Zipp |date=18 March 2014 |accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
*2009 "Snapshots", published in ''New Writing from Africa 2009'' (J. M. Coetzee, ed.)
*2009 "Snapshots", published in ''New Writing from Africa 2009'' (J. M. Coetzee, ed.)
*2010 "Hitting Budapest", published in ''Boston Review''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bostonreview.net/bulawayo-hitting-budapest |title=Hitting Budapest |work=Boston Review |author=NoViolet Bulawayo |date=November–December 2010 |accessdate=January 23, 2014}}</ref> and ''The Caine Prize for African Writing 2011''
*2010 "Hitting Budapest", published in ''Boston Review''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bostonreview.net/bulawayo-hitting-budapest |title=Hitting Budapest |work=Boston Review |author=NoViolet Bulawayo |date=November–December 2010 |accessdate=23 January 2014}}</ref> and ''The Caine Prize for African Writing 2011''
*2013 ''[[We Need New Names]]''
*2013 ''[[We Need New Names]]''


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
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==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 17:50, 31 July 2018

NoViolet Bulawayo
BornElizabeth Zandile Tshele
(1981-12-10) 10 December 1981 (age 42)
Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe
LanguageEnglish
EducationNjube High School;
Mzilikazi High School
Alma materTexas A&M University-Commerce (BA)
Southern Methodist University (MA)
Cornell University (MFA)
GenreShort story; novel
Notable awardsCaine Prize for African Writing; Man Booker Prize shortlist
Website
novioletbulawayo.com

NoViolet Bulawayo (pen name of Elizabeth Zandile Tshele, born 12 October 1981 in Tsholotsho)[1] is a Zimbabwean author,[2] and Stegner Fellow at Stanford University (2012–14).[3][4] In 2012 the National Book Foundation named her a 5 under 35 honoree.[5]

Life

Bulawayo was born and raised in Zimbabwe and attended Njube High School and later Mzilikazi High School for her A levels.[6] She completed her college education in the US, studying at Kalamazoo Valley Community College,[7] and earning bachelor's and master's degrees in English from Texas A&M University-Commerce and Southern Methodist University respectively.[8] In 2010, she completed a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Cornell University, where her work was recognized with a Truman Capote Fellowship.[8]

In 2011 she won the Caine Prize with her story "Hitting Budapest",[9] which had been published in Granta and became the opening chapter of her 2013 debut novel.[10][11][12] We Need New Names was included in the 2013 Man Booker Prize shortlist,[13][14] making Bulawayo the first black African woman and the first Zimbabwean to be shortlisted for the prize.[15] She also won the Etisalat Prize for Literature and the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, among other accolades.

In 2011, it was reported that she had begun work on a memoir project.[16] Bulawayo sat on the board of trustees of the pan-African literary initiative Writivism between 2014 and 2018.

Awards and honors

Works

  • 2009 "Snapshots", published in New Writing from Africa 2009 (J. M. Coetzee, ed.)
  • 2010 "Hitting Budapest", published in Boston Review[27] and The Caine Prize for African Writing 2011
  • 2013 We Need New Names

References

  1. ^ "Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2013 announced", The Man Booker Prize, 10 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Zimbabwe's NoViolet Bulawayo wins Caine writing prize". BBC News. 12 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Announcing the 2012–2014 Stegner Fellowship Recipients", from "Wallace Stegner Fellowship", Stanford University. Retrieved April 2012.
  4. ^ Zvomuya, Percy (23 July 2013). "NoViolet Bulawayo makes Man Booker Prize longlist". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  5. ^ The National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35, 2013.
  6. ^ Manhango, Simba (23 July 2011). "Hard work, passion the special ingredients for success: author". The Standard. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  7. ^ Liberty, John (23 July 2013). "Author, KVCC graduate NoViolet Bulawayo named to prestigious Man Booker long list". MLive Media Group.
  8. ^ a b c Elizabeth Tshele, Cornell University Department of English. Retrieved April 2012.
  9. ^ Busby, Margaret, "We Need New Names, By NoViolet Bulawayo", The Independent, 7 June 2013.
  10. ^ "We Need New Names – NoViolet Bulawayo" at Book Excerptise.
  11. ^ Davis, Kristy. "We Need New Names: A Novel". Oprah.
  12. ^ Habila, Helon, "We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo – review", The Guardian, 20 June 2013.
  13. ^ a b "Shortlist 2013 announced". Man Booker Prize. 10 September 2013.
  14. ^ Driscoll, Molly (July 23, 2013). "Man Booker Prize long list includes writers Colum McCann, Tash Aw". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  15. ^ "First black African woman nominated for Booker Prize" AFP, 10 September 2013.
  16. ^ "Zimbabwean, NoViolet Bulawayo's 'Hitting Budapest' takes the 12th Caine Prize". Bulawayo 24. 12 July 2011.
  17. ^ "NoViolet Bulawayo wins 12th Caine Prize for African Writing" Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Caine Prize for African Writing.
  18. ^ Alison Flood (12 July 2011). "NoViolet Bulawayo wins 'African Booker'". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  19. ^ Julia Fleischaker (13 September 2013). "Women dominate the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 list". Melville House Books. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  20. ^ "We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo". The Guardian. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  21. ^ "2013 Discover Awards". Barnes & Noble. 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  22. ^ "Etisalat Prize for Literature Announces 2013 Shortlist". Etisalat Prize. 23 January 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  23. ^ Ben (23 February 2014). "NoViolet Bulawayo Wins the Inaugural Etisalat Prize for Literature". Books Live. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  24. ^ Kellogg, Carolyn (11 April 2014). "Jacket Copy: The winners of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes are ..." LA Times. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  25. ^ Allan Kozinn (17 March 2014). "Writer From Zimbabwe Wins PEN/Hemingway Award for First Novel". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  26. ^ Yvonne Zipp (18 March 2014). "NoViolet Bulawayo wins prestigious Hemingway/PEN award". MLive.com. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  27. ^ NoViolet Bulawayo (November–December 2010). "Hitting Budapest". Boston Review. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
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