About Samuel Chimsoro
Lived 1949 – 2016 (aged 66–67). Samuel Chimsoro was a writer.
Samuel Chimsoro (13 February 1949 – 6 July 2016) was a Zimbabwean poet and novelist who published in both English and Shona.
Early life and education Chimsoro was born on 13 February 1949, He attended Nyatsime College, the first privately black owned secondary school in Zimbabwe. He then trained as a laboratory technician with a focus on radiation detection. He worked for the government of Zimbabwe before moving to the National University of Science and Technology (NUST).
Death Chimsoro died on 6 July 2016 in Umgugu Village, Zhombe, Zimbabwe. Nothing is Impossible (Longman, 1983) Dama rekutanga: muunganidzwa wenhetembo (College Press, 1990)
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Who was Samuel Chimsoro?
Zimbabwean poet and novelist
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Samuel Chimsoro was born in 1949.
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Samuel Chimsoro died in 2016.
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Samuel Chimsoro was a writer.
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