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Dambudzo Marechera | |
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| Born | Charles William Marechera 4 June 1952 |
| Died | 18 August 1987 (aged 35) Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Nationality | Zimbabwean |
| Alma mater | University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Notable work | The House of Hunger (1978), Black Sunlight (1980) |
| Awards | Guardian Fiction Prize (1979) |
Dambudzo Marechera (4 June 1952 – 18 August 1987) was a Zimbabwean novelist, short story writer, playwright, and poet. His short career produced a book of stories, two novels (one published posthumously), a book of plays, prose, and poetry, and a collection of poetry (also posthumous). His first book, a fiction collection entitled The House of Hunger (1978), won the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979. Marechera was best known for his abrasive, heavily detailed, and self-aware writing, which was considered a new frontier in African literature, and his unorthodox behaviour at the universities from which he was expelled despite excelling in his studies.