Chenjerai Hove

Chenjerai Hove
Hove in 2007
Hove in 2007
Born(1956-02-09)9 February 1956
Mazvihwa, near Zvishavane, Rhodesia
Died12 July 2015(2015-07-12) (aged 59)
Stavanger, Norway[1]
OccupationPoet and writer

Chenjerai Hove (9 February 1956 – 12 July 2015), was a Zimbabwean poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both English and Shona.[2] "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."[3] He died on 12 July 2015[4] while living in exile in Norway, with his death attributed to liver failure.[5]

  1. ^ Grimes, William (23 July 2015). "Chenjeral Hove of Zimbabwean Struggles Dies at 59". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. ^ Ezeliora, Osita (2008). "Hove, Chenjerai". In R. Victoria Arana (ed.). The Facts on File Companion to World Poetry: 1900 to the Present. Infobase Publishing. pp. 217–8. ISBN 978-1-4381-0837-7. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  3. ^ Dominic Head (2006). The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Cambridge University Press. p. 536. ISBN 978-0-521-83179-6. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Chenjerai Hove dies". Zbc.co.zw. 12 July 2015. Archived from the original on 3 August 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Exiled writer Chenjerai Hove dies". Nehanda Radio. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.