Steve Bernard Miles Chimombo (born 4 September 1945) is a Malawian writer, poet, editor and teacher.[1]
Life[]
Chimombo was born at Zomba, Malawi. He was educated at Zomba Catholic Secondary School, then at the University of Malawi where he earned a B.A.[2] [3] At the University of Wales, he took a teaching diploma in English as a Second Language. At Columbia University in the United States, he was awarded his M.A. and Ph.D. in teaching.[4]
After studying at Leeds, England, Chimombo returned to Malawi to edit the literary bulletin Outlook-lookout.[5]
He is a professor of English at Chancellor College in Malawi and is considered one of the nation's leading writers.[4] [6]
In 1988 his Napolo Poems gained him honorable mention for the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.[7]
He is married to Moira Chimombo.[6]
Publications[]
- The Rainmaker (1981)
- Wachiona Ndani? (1983)
- Napolo Poems, Manchichi Publishers, 1987
- The Basket Girl, Popular Publications, 1990
- Python! Python! An Epic Poem, Wasi Publications, 1992
- Napolo and the Python, Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1994, ISBN 978-0-435-91199-7
- The Culture of Democracy: Language, Literature, the Arts and Politics in Malawi, 1992–94 (1996)
- The Wrath of Napolo, Wasi Publications, 2000, ISBN 978-99908-48-06-9
- The Bird Boy's Song, Wasi Publications, 2002, ISBN 978-99908-48-07-6
- The Hyena Wears Darkness (2006)
Anthologized[]
- "The Rubbish Dump," The Heinemann Book of Contemporary African Short Stories (edited by Chinua Achebe and Catherine Lynette Innes). Heinemann, 1992. ISBN 978-0-435-90566-8
- "Napolo: the message," The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry (edited and translated by Gerald Moore and Ulli Beier). Penguin, 2007. ISBN 978-0-14-042472-0
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=861
- ↑ Gikandi, Simon (2003). Encyclopedia of African literature. Taylor & Francis. pp. 145–146. ISBN 0-415-23019-5.
- ↑ De Capua, Sarah (2009). Malawi in Pictures. Visual Geography. Second Series. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 70. ISBN 0-8225-8575-8.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Killam, G. D. (2004). Literature of Africa. Literature as windows to world cultures. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 182. ISBN 0-313-31901-4.
- ↑ Gérard, Albert S. (1986). European-language writing in sub-Saharan Africa. Histoire comparée des littératures de langues européennes. 6. John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 970. ISBN 963-05-3834-2.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lee, Christopher J. (Fall 2010). "Malawian Literature after Banda and in the Age of AIDS: A Conversation with Steve Chimombo". Research in African Literatures 41 (3): 33–48. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/research_in_african_literatures/summary/v041/41.3.lee.html. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ↑ "Noma Award for Publishing in Africa". Noma Award. http://www.nomaaward.org/winners.shtml. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
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