NoViolet Bulawayo

NoViolet Bulawayo (* 1981 in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North Province ) is a Zimbabwean writer who lives in the USA.

Life

NoViolet Bulawayo born as Elizabeth Zandile Tshele in Zimbabwe and grew up there until age 18. Then she emigrated to her aunt in the United States. There she studied English and completed her studies with a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts. Subsequently, she made ​​an MFA in Creative Writing at Cornell University, where she was supported by a scholarship as " Truman Capote Fellow". In 2012 she received a scholarship as " Wallace Stegner Fellow" at Stanford University.

For her short story Hitting Budapest ( 2010), she received the 2011 " Caine Prize for African Writing ." For her short story snapshots (2009) she was nominated for the "South Africa Studzinsi PEN Award". Bulawayo was "under 35 5" chosen by the American National Book Foundation on the recommendation of Junot Díaz under the. Your autobiographical novel We Need New Names 2013 was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

Works

  • We Need New Names. Chattoo, 2013 ISBN 978-0-316-23083-4
  • Snapshots, 2009, published in: New writing from Africa 2009 African Books Collective.. ISBN 978-0-620-43428-7
  • Hitting Budapest in 2011, published in The Caine Prize for African Writing 2011, ISBN 978-1-906523-86-2

Awards

  • 2010 Truman Capote Fellowship
  • 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story Hitting Budapest
  • 2013 National Book Award

Nominations

  • 2013 Man Booker Prize for her novel We Need New Names
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