National Arts Merit Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (2003) Winner
Yvonne Vera
イヴォンヌ・ヴェラ
Yvonne Vera
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1964-09-19 （Bulawayo）
- Died
- 2005-04-07 （Toronto） age 40
- Nationality
- Zimbabwean
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Bulawayo, Zimbabwe → Toronto, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, arts administrator
- Active Years
- 1992-2005
- Affiliations
- National Gallery of Zimbabwe (Bulawayo)
- Nominations
- Nehanda shortlisted for Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York University | — | literature | PhD | — | Canada |
York University
literature
Degree:
PhD
Country:
Canada
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Africa) | Without a Name | — | Commonwealth Writers' Prize | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Zimbabwe Publishers' Literary Award | Without a Name | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Macmillan Writers' Prize for Africa | The Stone Virgins | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2003 | National Arts Merit Awards | The Stone Virgins | Best Written Work | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | LiBeraturpreis | Butterfly Burning | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Tucholsky Prize | — | — | Swedish PEN | 受賞 |
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Africa)
1994
Work:
Without a Name
Organization:
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Result:
受賞
Zimbabwe Publishers' Literary Award
1994
Work:
Without a Name
Result:
受賞
Macmillan Writers' Prize for Africa
2002
Work:
The Stone Virgins
Result:
受賞
National Arts Merit Awards
2003
Work:
The Stone Virgins
Category:
Best Written Work
Result:
受賞
LiBeraturpreis
2002
Work:
Butterfly Burning
Result:
受賞
Tucholsky Prize
2004
Organization:
Swedish PEN
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Why Don't You Carve Other Animals
1992 short storiesCollection of short stories.
Zimbabwe's paststrong women
Nehanda
1993 novelNovel based on Zimbabwean history.
war of independencewomen's strength
Without a Name
1994 novelDepicts post-war Zimbabwe.
lossidentity
Under the Tongue
1996 novelDeals with abuse and trauma.
incesttrauma
Butterfly Burning
1998 novelDepicts poverty in 1950s Zimbabwe.
povertygender inequality
The Stone Virgins
2002 novelViolence and recovery in civil war.
violencehealing
Bibliography
- Why Don't You Carve Other Animals (1992)
- Nehanda (1993)
- Without a Name (1994)
- Under the Tongue (1996)
- Butterfly Burning (1998)
- The Stone Virgins (2002)
Translations by Author
- Opening Spaces: an Anthology of Contemporary African Women's Writing (1999, editor)
Translations of Works
- Translations into Spanish, Italian, Swedish
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- poetic prosepassionate and lyrical
- Recurring Motifs
- strong women characterstaboo subjects (rape, incest, infanticide)Zimbabwe before and after independence wargender inequality
Health
-
HIV/AIDS1980年代後半 - 2005Not disclosed during lifetime, died of AIDS-related meningitis
Legacy
Studied in postcolonial African literature for poetic prose on Zimbabwe's difficult past and strong women.
Archives
- Clara Thomas Archives, York University Libraries
Quotes
-
I would love to be remembered as a writer who had no fear for words and who had an intense love for her nation.
Source: The Guardian obituary (2005)
Trivia
- Worked as cotton-picker at age eight
- Married John Jose in 1987, separated 1995
- Director of National Gallery of Zimbabwe (1997-2003)