| LC control no. | n 82275408 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR9390.9.M8 |
| Personal name heading | Mungoshi, Charles, 1947-2019 |
| Variant(s) | Mungoshi, Charles Lovemore, 1947- |
| Associated country | Zimbabwe |
| Birth date | 1947-12-02 |
| Death date | 2019-02-16 |
| Place of birth | Manyene (Zimbabwe) |
| Affiliation | Zimbabwe Publishing House |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Translators Editors |
| Found in | His Waiting for the rain, 1981, c1975: t.p. (Charles Mungoshi) p. 4 of cover (b. 12/2/47; literary editor, Zimbabwe Pub. House) LC data base, 2/28/84 (hdg.: Mungoshi, Charles, 1947-) Makunun'unu maodzamwoyo, 1970: t.p. (Charles L. Mungoshi) p. 4 of cover (Charles Lovemore Mungoshi, b. 1947) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 13, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database (Mungoshi, Charles; fiction writer, translator, editor; born 02 December 1947 in Manyene, Zimbabwe; joined the Literature Bureau as literary editor (1975); published three novels in Shona, one novel in English, and several collections of short stories; wrote one Shona drama, “Inongova Njakenjake” (Each Does His Own Thing, 1980) and a poetry collection in English, “The Milkman Doesn't Only Deliver Milk” (1981); an editor with Zimbabwe Publishing House, developing and supporting Zimbabwean writers (from 1982); wrote and directed a UNESCO film entitled “Abide by Me” (1992); his first Shona novel, “Makunun'unu Mawodza Mwoyo” (Brooding Breeds Despair) won a prize sponsored by the Southern Rhodesia Literature Bureau (1968); two of Mungoshi's novels, “Ndiko Kupindana Kwamazuva” (As Time Passes) and “Waiting for the Rain”, received International PEN awards (1975); his children's literature, “One Day, Long Ago: More Stories from a Shona Childhood,” (1992) won a Noma Award; “Walking Still” (1997), collection of short stories, won the African region Commonwealth Writers Prize (1998)) Wikipedia, Feb. 28, 2019: Charles Mungoshi (Charles Lovemore Mungoshi (2 December 1947 - 16 February 2019) was a Zimbabwean writer. Mungoshi's works include short stories and novels in both Shona and English. He also wrote poetry. He was an editor and a translator as well. He died in Harare.) |
| Associated language | sna eng |
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