NoViolet Bulawayo
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| Born | Elizabeth Zandile Tshele December 10, 1981 Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe |
| Language | English |
| Education | Njube High School; Mzilikazi High School |
| Alma mater | Texas A&M University-Commerce; Southern Methodist University; Cornell University |
| Genre | Short Story; Novel |
| Notable awards | Caine Prize for African Writing; Man Booker Prize shortlist |
NoViolet Bulawayo (pen name of Elizabeth Zandile Tshele, born 12 October 1981 in Tsholotsho)[1] is a Zimbabwean author,[2] and Stegner Fellow at Stanford University (2012–2014).[3][4]
Life
Bulawayo was born and raised in Zimbabwe and attended Njube High School and later Mzilikazi High School for her A levels.[5] She completed her college education in the US, studying at Kalamazoo Valley Community College,[6] and earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from Texas A&M University-Commerce and Southern Methodist University respectively.[7] In 2010, she completed a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Cornell University, where her work was recognized with a Truman Capote Fellowship.[7]
Her debut novel entitled We Need New Names was released in 2013,[8] and was included in the 2013 Man Booker Prize shortlist.[9][10] This made her the first black African woman and the first Zimbabwean to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.[11] She also won the Etisalat Prize for Literature and the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award among other accolades.
She has begun work on a memoir project.[12] Bulawayo sits on the pan-African literary initiative, Writivism's Board of Trustees.
Awards and honors
- 2010 Truman Capote Fellowship[7]
- 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing for the short story "Hitting Budapest" about a gang of street children in a Zimbabwean shantytown.[13][14]
- 2013 Man Booker Prize shortlist for We Need New Names[9]
- 2013 National Book Award's "5 Under 35" chosen by a panel of past finalists and winners. Bulawayo was selected by Junot Díaz.[15]
- 2013 Guardian First Book Award shortlist for We Need New Names[16]
- 2013 Barnes & Noble Discover Award finalist for We Need New Names[17]
- 2013 Etisalat Prize for Literature winner for We Need New Names[18][19]
- 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, winner for We Need New Names.[20]
- 2014 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winner for We Need New Names[21][22]
Works
- 2009 "Snapshots", published in New Writing from Africa 2009 (J. M. Coetzee, ed.)
- 2010 "Hitting Budapest", published in Boston Review[23] and The Caine Prize for African Writing 2011
- 2013 We Need New Names
References
- ↑ "Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2013 announced", The Man Booker Prize, 10 September 2013.
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- ↑ "Announcing the 2012-2014 Stegner Fellowship Recipients", from About the Felloship, Last Accessed April 2012.
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- ↑ "First black African woman nominated for Booker Prize" AFP, 10 September 2013.
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- ↑ "NoViolet Bulawayo wins 12th Caine Prize for African Writing", Caine Prize for African Writing.
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External links
- NoViolet Bulawayo, official website.
