# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yvonne-vera
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:26:56.948Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yvonne-vera"
name: "Yvonne Vera"
slug: "yvonne-vera"
description: "Yvonne Vera was an author from Zimbabwe. Her first published book was a collection of short stories, Why Don't You Carve Other Animals (1992), which was followed by five novels: Nehanda (1993), Without a Name (1994), Under the Tongue (1996), Butterfly Burning (1998), and The Stone Virgins (2002). According to the African Studies Center at University of Leiden, \"her novels are known for their poetic prose, difficult subject-matter, and their strong women characters, and are firmly rooted in Zimbabwe's difficult past.\" For these reasons, she has been widely studied and appreciated by those studying postcolonial African literature."
tagline: "Zimbabwean writer (1964–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yvonne_Vera%2C_Zimbabwean_author.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1964-09-19"
deathDate: "2005-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.615384615384617
  historical:           17.35000133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump