Chenjerai Hove
Zimbabwean poet (1956–2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chenjerai Hove (9 February 1956 – 12 July 2015), was a Zimbabwean poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both English and Shona.[2] "Modernist in their formal construction, but making extensive use of oral conventions, Hove's novels offer an intense examination of the psychic and social costs - to the rural population, especially, of the war of liberation in Zimbabwe."[3] He died on 12 July 2015[4] while living in exile in Norway, with his death attributed to liver failure.[5]
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Born | (1956-02-09)9 February 1956 Mazvihwa, near Zvishavane, Rhodesia |
Died | 12 July 2015(2015-07-12) (aged 59) Stavanger, Norway[1] |
Occupation | Poet and writer |
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