Memory Chirere
| Memory Chirere | |
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| Known for | Being an academic and author |
| Website | memorychirere |
Memory Chirere is a Zimbabwean academic, award-winning author and literary critic.
Education
- BA Hons [UZ, 1993]
- M.A. [UZ, 1999][1]
Career
Memory Chirere published his debut poetry anthology Bhuku Risina Basa Nekuti Rakanyorwa Masikati in 2014. The anthology received positive reviews from The Herald and NewsDay.[2][3]
Books & Short Stories
Chirere's short stories are published in Nomore Plastic Balls (1999), A Roof to Repair (2000), Writing Still (2003) and Creatures Great and Small (2005). [4]
Books
He has published short storybooks
- Somewhere in This Country (2006)
- Tudikidiki (2007)
- Toriro and His Goats (2010).
- Together with Prof Maurice Vambe, he compiled and edited a full volume critical text on Charles Mungoshi called: Charles Mungoshi: A Critical Reader (2006).[4]
- Bhuku Risina Basa Nekuti Rakanyorwa Masikati (2014)[2]
- He also has a chapter in Reading Marechera[5]
- His early Shona poems appeared in a collection titled Tipeiwo Dariro, published by College Press in 1994.[3]
References
- ↑ Mr Memory Chirere, University of Zimbabwe, Published: No Date Given, Retrieved: April 6, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stanley Mushava, Inside Memory Chirere’s ‘Useless Book’, The Herald, Published: January 26, 2015, Retrieved: April 6, 2022
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 PHILLIP CHIDAVAENZI, Interfacing with Memory Chirere in verse, NewsDay, Published: October 14, 2014, Retrieved: April 6, 2022
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Memory Chirere, Munyori Literal Journal, Published: No Date Given, Retrieved: April 6, 2022
- ↑ Chirere, Memory, Weaver Press, Published: No Date Given, Retrieved: April 6, 2022
