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Charles Mungoshi

チャールズ・ラヴモア・マンゴシ

Charles Lovemore Mungoshi

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1947-12-02 （Manyene, near Chivhu）
死没
2019-02-16 （Harare, Zimbabwe） 71歳
国籍
Zimbabwean
言語
Shona, English
居住地歴
Manyene (near Chivhu) → Harare

経歴

職業
Writer, Editor, Actor
活動期間
1970年〜2019年
所属
Literature Bureau (worked as editor), Zimbabwe Publishing House (worked)

学歴

St Augustine's, Penhalonga
国: Zimbabwe
University of Zimbabwe
学位: 名誉学位
国: Zimbabwe
Received an honorary degree from the university

受賞歴

Noma Award
1992
主催: Noma Award committee
結果: 受賞
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Africa Region)
1988
部門: Africa Region
主催: Commonwealth Writers
結果: 受賞
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Africa Region)
1998
部門: Africa Region
主催: Commonwealth Writers
結果: 受賞
National Arts Merit Award (Outstanding Fiction)
2014
対象作品: Branching Streams Flow in the Dark
部門: Outstanding Fiction Book
主催: National Arts Council of Zimbabwe
結果: 受賞
International PEN Awards
1975
対象作品: A Shona novel (Makunun'unu Maodzamoyo) and the English collection Some Kinds of Wounds
主催: International PEN
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Coming of the Dry Season

1972年 Novel

One of his early English works, depicting personal growth against the backdrop of colonial-era challenges.

ColonialismComing of age

Some Kinds of Wounds

1975年 Short story collection

An English short story collection reflecting oppression under colonial rule and interpersonal dynamics; parts faced censorship at the time.

OppressionIndividual and society

Makunun'unu Maodzamoyo

1977年 Novel (Shona)

An early Shona novel by Mungoshi that delves into conflicts in traditional society and individual anguish.

Tradition vs changePersonal suffering

Kunyarara Hakusi Kutaura?

1983年 Novel (Shona)

A Shona-language work addressing silence and expression; it won several awards.

SilenceExpression and repression

Branching Streams Flow in the Dark

2013年 Novel

One of his later major works weaving family, history, and personal memory; it won the 2014 National Arts Merit Award.

FamilyMemoryHistory

全著作

  • Coming of the Dry Season (1972)
  • Ndiko Kupindana Kwamazuva (1975)
  • Waiting for the Rain (1975)
  • Makunun'unu Maodzamoyo (1977)
  • Inongova Njake Njake (1980)
  • Kunyarara Hakusi Kutaura? (1983)
  • The Setting Sun and the Rolling World (1987)
  • Stories from a Childhood (1989)
  • One Day Long Ago: More Stories from a Shona Childhood (1991)
  • Walking Still (1997)
  • The Milkman Doesn't Only Deliver Milk (1998)
  • Branching Streams Flow in the Dark (2013)
  • How the World Will End (2017)

作風・主題

文体
Concise, direct narrationIncorporation of Shona idioms and colloquial speech
頻出モチーフ
Colonialism and its aftereffectsSilence and voiceFamily and traditionIndividual suffering

評価・遺産

Charles Mungoshi, writing in Shona and English, was a major figure in Zimbabwean literature. His works addressing colonialism, social oppression and family earned recognition both locally and internationally.

関連学会

  • University of Zimbabwe (associated)

大衆文化への影響

  • Influenced Zimbabwean literature and theatre; participated in local drama series.

豆知識

  • His brother is the writer David Mungoshi.
  • He was married to actress Jesesi Mungoshi.
  • Some of his works were censored or banned during the colonial period.
  • He had five children.
  • Two works published in 1975 (one in Shona and one in English) won International PEN Awards.