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Chenjerai Hove

1956 - 2015

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Chenjerai Hove (9 February 1956 – 12 July 2015), was a Zimbabwean poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both English and Shona. "Modernist in their formal construction, but making extensive use of oral conventions, Hove's novels offer an intense examination of the psychic and social costs - to the rural population, especially, of the war of liberation in Zimbabwe." He died on 12 July 2015 while living in exile in Norway, with his death attributed to liver failure. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Chenjerai Hove is the 6,896th most popular writer (up from 7,017th in 2024), the 31st most popular biography from Zimbabwe and the 4th most popular Zimbabwean Writer.

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Among writers, Chenjerai Hove ranks 6,896 out of 7,302. Before him are Khaled Khalifa, Mark Z. Danielewski, Julia Franck, David Hare, Hamed Abdel-Samad, and Edwin Morgan. After him are William Gilmore Simms, James T. Farrell, Rahat Indori, Nic Pizzolatto, Kaori Ekuni, and Robert C. Cooper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Chenjerai Hove ranks 705. Before him are Fred Melamed, Patricia Kalember, Ketil Stokkan, Debbi Morgan, Jorge Olaechea, and Gita Ramjee. After him are Nikolay Sidorov, Takekazu Suzuki, Terry Date, Dan Stanca, Kōji Gushiken, and Amma Darko. Among people deceased in 2015, Chenjerai Hove ranks 537. Before him are Pedro Zerolo, Dickie Moore, Steve Gohouri, Fernando de Araújo, Taylor Negron, and Sandy Berger. After him are Perro Aguayo Jr., Richard Corliss, Vadym Tyshchenko, Irwin Keyes, John Moshoeu, and Dean Potter.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Chenjerai Hove ranks 31 out of 45. Before him are Susan Huggett (1954), Dorothy Masuka (1935), Cara Black (1979), Maureen George (1955), Alex Callinicos (1950), and Jenni Williams (1962). After him are Byron Black (1969), Yvonne Vera (1964), Derek Chisora (1983), Ann Grant (1955), Wayne Black (1973), and Clare Carey (1967).

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Among WRITERS In Zimbabwe

Among writers born in Zimbabwe, Chenjerai Hove ranks 4. Before him are Alexander McCall Smith (1948), Paula Hawkins (1972), and Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959). After him are Yvonne Vera (1964), NoViolet Bulawayo (1981), and Debora Patta (1964).

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