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Euphrase Kezilahabi

1944 - 2020

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Euphrase Kezilahabi (13 April 1944 – 9 January 2020) was a Tanzanian novelist, poet, and scholar. Born in Ukerewe, Tanganyika (now in Ukerewe District of Mwanza Region in Tanzania), he last worked at the University of Botswana, as an associate professor at the Department of African Languages (now African Cultural Department). He wrote in Swahili, and delivered talks on subjects such as 'Aesthetic Ambivalence in Modern Swahili' and 'The Concept of the Hero in African Fiction'. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Euphrase Kezilahabi is the 6,221st most popular writer (down from 6,046th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Tanzania (down from 20th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Tanzanian Writer.

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Among writers, Euphrase Kezilahabi ranks 6,221 out of 7,302. Before him are Aglaja Veteranyi, Lyman Abbott, Patrick Grainville, Emmanuil Kazakevich, Maja Bošković-Stulli, and Piers Anthony. After him are Howard Jacobson, Caroline Norton, Emma Willard, Edward Everett Hale, Stig Claesson, and Franz Fühmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Euphrase Kezilahabi ranks 668. Before him are Stoyan Yordanov, Héctor Santos, Janet Simpson, Leopoldo Vallejos, Reinhold Bachler, and Jack Casady. After him are Woody Shaw, Svetlana Krachevskaya, Marilyn Black, Carl Pomerance, Seija Simola, and José Urruzmendi. Among people deceased in 2020, Euphrase Kezilahabi ranks 699. Before him are Fatemeh Rahbar, Ahmad NikTalab, Benny Chan, Jan Morris, Kristina Lugn, and Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga. After him are Finn Christian Jagge, Kalevi Oikarainen, Jane Dee Hull, Ben Jipcho, Gerhard Strack, and Roger Saint-Vil.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Euphrase Kezilahabi ranks 25 out of 39. Before him are Amani Abeid Karume (1948), Marin Hinkle (1966), Asha-Rose Migiro (1956), Rashidi Kawawa (1926), Anna Aloys Henga (1901), and Edward Lowassa (1953). After him are Filbert Bayi (1953), Elizabeth Mrema (1957), Ali Mohamed Shein (1948), Vicky Ntetema (1959), Christine Prinsloo (1952), and Anna Tibaijuka (1950).

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Among WRITERS In Tanzania

Among writers born in Tanzania, Euphrase Kezilahabi ranks 2. Before him are Abdulrazak Gurnah (1948).

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