Chenjerai Hove
# Chenjerai Hove

Chenjerai Hove (Mazvihwa, 9 de febrero de 1956-12 de julio de 2015) fue un novelista, poeta y ensayista de Zimbabue.

Se educó en la Universidad de Sudáfrica y la Universidad de Zimbabue y ha trabajado como educador y periodista. Crítico con las políticas de Mugabe actualmente vive en el exilio colaborando con la Universidad de Brown.

## Publicaciones

* And Now the Poets Speak 1981
* Up In Arms, poetry, 1982
* Red Hills of Home, 1984
* Bones, novela, 1988
* Shadows, novela, 1991
* Shebeen Tales, 1989
* Rainbows in the Dust, 1997
* Guardians of the Soil, 1997
* Ancestors, novela, 1997
* Desperately Seeking Europe, 2003
* Palaver Finish, 2003
* Blind Moon poetry, 2004
* The Keys of Ramb, 2004

## Premios

* 1983 Special Commendations for the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa, for Up in Arms
* 1984 Inaugural President, Zimbabwe Writers Union
* 1988 Winner, Zimbabwe Literary Award, for Bones
* 1989 Winner, Noma Award for Publishing In Africa, for Bones
* 1990 Founding Board Member, Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (Zimrights)
* 1991 -4 Writer-in-Residence, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
* 1994 Visiting Professor, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, USA
* 1995 Guest Writer, Yorkshire and Humberside Arts and Leeds University, UK
* 1996 Guest Writer, Heinrich Boll Foundation, Germany
* 1998 Second Prize, Zimbabwe Literary Award, for Ancestors
* 2001 German-Africa Prize for literary contribution to freedom of expression
* 2007-2008 International Writers Project Fellow, Brown University
