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 978-1779034922
gollark: That seems a confusing line of thinking, it's not like the creator actually loses something like they would in actual theft.
gollark: ?
gollark: There's a tragedy-of-the-commons problem with that sort of line of thinking, though.
gollark: How? Games aren't physical objects, unless you're one of those people who buys CDs.
gollark: Stuff like "stealing" which applies to physical objects doesn't really translate neatly to intellectual property.

References
  1. "Literary Encyclopedia - Shimmer Chinodya". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. http://allafrica.com/stories/201006070022.html
  3. "Author Bio: Shimmer Chinodya". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. "Shimmer Chinodya Biography - Shimmer Chinodya comments:". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-24. Retrieved 2011-02-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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