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]
He won the 1990 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Africa region.[5]
Works
- Dew in the Morning. Mambo Press. 1982.; 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 177903492X
ISBN 978-1779034922
Controversy
On Boxing Day, 22 December 2014, Shimmer Chinodya caused a stir at a Harare Hospital when he stripped naked and started threatening hospital workers. Police were called and they took him away and released him later without any charges. Reached for a comment by reporters, Chinodya threatened to sue the reporters if they leaked the story.[6]
References
- ^ "Literary Encyclopedia - Shimmer Chinodya". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ http://allafrica.com/stories/201006070022.html
- ^ "Author Bio: Shimmer Chinodya". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Shimmer Chinodya Biography - Shimmer Chinodya comments:". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ http://msupress.msu.edu/authorbio.php?authorID=2212
- ^ Zimbabwean, Zaniest. "Mr". http://iharare.co.zw. iHarare. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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