Paulina Chiziane

Paulina Chiziane ( born June 4, 1955 in Manjacaze, Gaza Province, Mozambique ) is a Mozambican writer.

Life

She grew up in the suburbs of the City of Maputo and later attended the Eduardo Mondlane University. Her literary career began in 1984, published in the Mozambican press stories.

Her first book, Balada de Amor ao Vento, caused a stir by describing the polygamy in the south of Mozambique during the colonial period and is considered the first published novel by a woman in Mozambique.

For her novel Niketche: Uma História de Poligamia they won the 2003 Prémio José Craveirinha.

Publications

Works

  • " Balada de Amor ao Vento " (1990)
  • " Ventos de Apocalipse " (1993)
  • " O Sétimo Juramento " (2000)
  • " Niketche: Uma História de Poligamia " (2002)
  • " O Canto da Perdiz Alegre " (2008)
  • "As Andorinhas " (2008)

Translations into German

  • " Wind of the Apocalypse " ( translator's Elisa Fox, Brandes & Apsel 1997)
  • "Love Song to the Wind " ( translator's: Claudia Stein and Michael Kegler, Brandes & Apsel 2001)
  • " The seventh vow " ( translator's Michael Kegler, Brandes & Apsel 2003)
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