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Zimbabwean literature is literature produced by authors from Zimbabwe or in the Zimbabwean Diaspora.The tradition of literature starts with a long oral tradition, was influenced heavily by western literature that influenced multiple countries in the same region such as Malawi and Zambia whereby these three countries have very similar languages and a lot of words seem to be quite similar only ...
Doris Lessing (1919–2013), born in Persia (now Iran), Nobel literature prize-winner, critic, novelist and short story writer; Steve Linde (1960– ), newspaperman; Ignatius Mabasa (1971– ), poet and novelist; Nevanji Madanhire (1961– ), novelist and editor of the Zimbabwe Standard [5] Wiseman Magwa (1962– ), playwright
His other book, Hakurarwi – We Shall not Sleep, was selected as one of the 75 Best Zimbabwean Books of the 20th Century in a competition run by the Zimbabwe International Book Fair in 2004. In that competition the same book got a prize as one of the best five Shona publications of the 20th century. [ 1 ]
Mutswairo explained that his poetry is more influenced by English poetry, with its regular meters, while traditional Shona poetry, based in repetition often found its way into his prose. [6] Since he also translated his own work in both directions, he acquired an unusually rich sense of the relationship between the two.
Weaver Press is a Zimbabwean independent publisher formed in 1998 in Harare. [1] The press was co-founded by Irene Staunton, who has been credited with "quietly shaping post-independence Zimbabwean literature", [2] with Murray McCartney, and the Press has published many notable African writers.
Dambudzo Marechera (4 June 1952 – 18 August 1987) was a Zimbabwean novelist, short story writer, playwright, and poet.His short career produced a book of stories, two novels (one published posthumously), a book of plays, prose, and poetry, and a collection of poetry (also posthumous).
Irene Staunton is a Zimbabwean publisher, editor, researcher and writer, who has worked in literature and the arts since the 1970s, both in the UK and Zimbabwe. She is co-founder and publisher of Weaver Press in Harare, having previously co-founded Baobab Books.
Zimunya's poetry deals with the beauty of Zimbabwe, but also with its poverty and history of suffering, and with urban alienation from spiritual heritage. Most of his published work is in English, but he also writes in Shona. Zimunya began publishing poems when he was still at school, in literary journals like Two-Tone and Chirimo. His early ...
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