About Shimmer Chinodya
Born 1957. Shimmer Chinodya is a Zimbabwean writer.
Shimmer Chinodya (born 1957 Gwelo, then Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland) is a Zimbabwean novelist.
Chinodya studied at Mambo Primary School. He was expelled from Goromonzi after demonstrating against Ian Smith's government. He graduated from the University of Zimbabwe and University of Iowa as a Master of Arts in creative writing in 1985.
Chinodya won the 1990 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the Africa region and Strife won Outstanding Fiction Book at the 2007 National Arts Merit Awards.
Works Heinemann, 2001, 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)
Tindo's Quest, Longman Zimbabwe (Pvt) (January 2011),
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Shimmer Chinodya?
Zimbabwean writer
When was Shimmer Chinodya born?
Shimmer Chinodya was born in 1957 in Gweru.
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Shimmer Chinodya is a writer.
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Shimmer Chinodya is Zimbabwean.
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