Shimmer Chinodya

Shimmer Chinodya was born on 30 May 1957 in Gweru, then Gwelo. Expelled from his school at Goromonzi for protesting against Ian Smith's government, he studied English at the University of Zimbabwe, then creative writing at the University of Iowa, from which he graduated in 1985. A teacher, curriculum developer and editor, he published his first novel, Dew in the Morning, in 1982. His novel Strife received Zimbabwe's National Arts Merit Award in 2007.

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• NovelHarvest of ThornsShimmer Chinodya · 1989Literature