Chenjerai Hove
Zimbabwean poet and writer (1956-2015) · Zimbabwe · On the map · Writers · Died at 59
Chenjerai Hove, was a Zimbabwean poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both English and Shona.
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"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." He died on 12 July 2015 while living in exile in Norway, with his death attributed to liver failure.
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Zimbabwe
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1956 to 2015 · aged 59
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