Mungoshi, Charles, 1947-2019
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found: His Waiting for the rain, 1981, c1975:t.p. (Charles Mungoshi) p. 4 of cover (b. 12/2/47; literary editor, Zimbabwe Pub. House)
found: LC data base, 2/28/84(hdg.: Mungoshi, Charles, 1947-)
found: Makunun'unu maodzamwoyo, 1970:t.p. (Charles L. Mungoshi) p. 4 of cover (Charles Lovemore Mungoshi, b. 1947)
found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 13, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database(Mungoshi, Charles; fiction writer, translator, editor; born 02 December 1947 in Manyene, Zimbabwe; joined the Literature Bureau as literary editor (1975); published three novels in Shona, one novel in English, and several collections of short stories; wrote one Shona drama, “Inongova Njakenjake” (Each Does His Own Thing, 1980) and a poetry collection in English, “The Milkman Doesn't Only Deliver Milk” (1981); an editor with Zimbabwe Publishing House, developing and supporting Zimbabwean writers (from 1982); wrote and directed a UNESCO film entitled “Abide by Me” (1992); his first Shona novel, “Makunun'unu Mawodza Mwoyo” (Brooding Breeds Despair) won a prize sponsored by the Southern Rhodesia Literature Bureau (1968); two of Mungoshi's novels, “Ndiko Kupindana Kwamazuva” (As Time Passes) and “Waiting for the Rain”, received International PEN awards (1975); his children's literature, “One Day, Long Ago: More Stories from a Shona Childhood,” (1992) won a Noma Award; “Walking Still” (1997), collection of short stories, won the African region Commonwealth Writers Prize (1998))
found: Wikipedia, Feb. 28, 2019:Charles Mungoshi (Charles Lovemore Mungoshi (2 December 1947 - 16 February 2019) was a Zimbabwean writer. Mungoshi's works include short stories and novels in both Shona and English. He also wrote poetry. He was an editor and a translator as well. He died in Harare.)
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1984-03-22: new
2019-03-01: revised
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