Chenjerai Hove was born in Mazvihwa communal lands, in southern Zimbabwe, near the mining town of Zvishavani. Novelist, poet, essayist and lecturer, his published fiction includes Masimba Avanhu? (1986), Bones (winner of the Zimbabwe literary prize in 1988, and the 1989 NOMA award for publishing in Africa), Shadows (1991), and Ancestors (1994). His non-fiction work includes Shebeen Tales (essays, 1994), Guardians of the soil (with Iliya Trojanow, 1997), Palaver Finish (essays, 2002). His poetry includes Up in Arms (1982), Swimming in Floods of Tears (with Lyamba wa Kabika, 1983), Red Hills of Home (1985), Rainbows in the Dust (1997) and Blind Moon (2003). He has traveled extensively throughout Africa, Europe, and the United States on lecture tours, and has acted as writer-in-residence at the universities of Zimbabwe, Leeds, Lewis and Clark (Oregon) and Leiden. He spent some years in France – writing, lecturing and giving poetry readings and is currently writing and teaching in Florida.
