Moraa Gitaa
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Moraa Gitaa is a Kenyan novelist living in Nairobi. She was nominated and shortlisted for the 2010 Penguin Prize for African Writing[1] and also won First Prize in the National Book Development Council of Kenya (NBDCK) Adult Fiction literary award in 2008 (Kenya's National Book Week Literary Award.)[2] She is a member of PEN International the world association of writers and signatory to the PEN Charter which calls for balance when writing on international issues. Moraa is Deputy President of PEN International Kenya Chapter and Coordinator of PAN (PEN African Network). The Pan African grouping of African writers consists of members of African regional PEN International centres. Moraa is pro-youth/women and advocates for the children/women inclusion agenda and sets out to reflect this in her various treatises.
Crucible for Silver & Furnace for Gold (Nsemia Inc. Publishers, 2008) [3] was her first full-length novel followed by Shifting Sands.[4] She is working on other titles including Indecent Proposal (crime Fiction novella), Shark Attack! (Teen novella), and The Deepest Cut (inspirational and motivational book).
Crucible for Silver & Furnace for Gold has been hailed by reviewers as a re-reading and re-writing of gender in times of HIV.[5] In Shifting Sands, Moraa has been hailed as a must-read Kenyan author.[6] Her short stories focus on vulnerable and stereotyped groups and have been captured as a meditation on solitude and marginalization.[7]
She has been featured in anthologies including Author-Me Author Africa Anthology (2011), Author-Me Author Africa Anthology (2008), and G21 The World’s Magazine – Africa Fresh! New Voices from the First Continent (2007) among others.
She has published a number of short stories that include 'Searching Me', 'Katsanga Kenye', 'The Devil is in the Detail', 'To Serenity via Perdition', 'Diplomatic Impunity', 'Obscure Oddities' and 'From Shifting Sands to Deeper Dimensions'.
References
- ^ "Shortlists for the Inaugural Penguin Prize for African Writing". Penguin SA. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ^ "National Book Development Council of Kenya Literary Award (2003?-2010?)". African Book Awards Database. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ Gitaa, Moraa (2008). Crucible for silver and furnace for gold (1st ed. ed.). [Oakville, Ont.]: Nsemia Publishers. p. 276. ISBN 0981036228.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help) - ^ Gitaa, Moraa (2012). Shifting Sands. Nsemia Inc. ISBN 978-1-926906-04-1.
- ^ "A Critique of Friendship across Race and Tribe in two Kenyan Novels". Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ^ "Moraa Gitaa Is a Must-Read Auther". http://www.the-star.co.ke. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ^ Evan, Mwangi. "Kenya: Books: Kenyan Writers Open Debate On New Corruption Frontiers". All Africa. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
External links
Author's Official Website Pen International
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