Frank Chipasula

Frank Mkalawile Chipasula (born 16 October 1949) is a Malawian writer, editor and university professor, "easily one of the best of the known writers in the discourse of Malawian letters".

Life Career Born in Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia, Frank Chipasula attended St. Peter's Primary School on Likoma Island, Soche Hill Day Secondary School, Malosa Secondary School, Chancellor College, University of Malawi,

In 1978, Chipasula went into exile in the United States as a result of the Hastings Banda government, studying for his M.A. in Creative Writing at Brown University, a second M.A. in African American Studies at Yale University and gaining a Ph.D. in English literature from Brown University in 1987. Previously a professor of Black Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Howard University, Chipasula has also worked as the education attaché at the Malawian embassy in Washington, D.C.. His first book, Visions and Reflections (1972), is also the first published poetry volume in English by a Malawian writer. As well as poetry, which has been widely anthologised, he has written radio plays and fiction.

In 2018, Chipasula organized the Women's Poetry Festival in Malawi. They have two grown children, James Masauko Mgeni Akuzike and Helen Chipo.

Distinctions Honourable mention Noma Award, 1985 BBC Poetry Prize, 1989

Works Chipasula's works include: 51 pages. Poetry. 84 pages. Poetry. 278 pages. Poetry anthology. 25 pages. Poetry. 111 pages. Poetry. 147 pages. Zambian poetry anthology. 227 pages. Anthology. pages. Audio disc. Poetry anthology. 285 pages. Poetry anthology.