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Novuyo Tshuma
Born
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

(1988-01-28) 28 January 1988 (age 36)
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
NationalityZimbabwean
Occupations
  • writer
  • author
Notable workShadows
Websitenovuyotshuma.com

Novuyo Rosa Tshuma (born 28 January 1988) is a Zimbabwean writer. She is best known for her 2013 debut collection titled Shadows, a novella and short story book.[1]

Life and career

Tshuma was born and grew up in Bulawayo, a major city in Zimbabwe. She completed her high-school education at Girls' College, Bulawayo; where she studied Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and French for her A Levels. She is an alumna of the University of Witwatersrand, where she studied Economics and Finance. In 2009, her short story You in Paradise won the Intwasa Short Story Competition (now Yvonne Vera Award) for short fiction before she shot to recognition in 2013 following the release of her collection Shadows, which was published by Kwela Books. Shadows was nominated at the 2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature and also won the Herman Charles Bosman Prize.[2] In 2014, Tshuma was enlisted as part of Africa39, a collaborative project by Hay Festival and Rainbow Book Club, which recognises top writers from Africa under the age of 40.[3][4] A one-time Magtag Fellow at the MFA Creative Writing Programme at the University of Iowa, Tshuma is presently pursuing her PhD at the University of Houston's Literature & Creative Writing Programme.[5]

Works

  • Shadows
  • Telepresence
  • Scattered Hearts
  • The Beggar
  • The Controller of the Queue
  • You in Paradise

References

  1. ^ "'Future of Zim writing is bright'". The Herald News. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Tshuma for top African award". Southern Eye. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ^ Thomas Okes (8 April 2014). "Africa's 39 Finest Writers". Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. ^ Margaret Busby (10 April 2014). "Africa39: how we chose the writers for Port Harcourt World Book Capital 2014". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Fungai Machirori Interviews Novuyo Rosa Tshuma". Munyori Literary Journal. Retrieved 3 September 2016.


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