Novuyo Tshuma

Novuyo Tshuma
Born Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
(1988-01-28) 28 January 1988
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Nationality Zimbabwean
Occupation
  • writer
  • author
Notable work Shadows
Website novuyotshuma.com

Novuyo Rosa Tshuma (born 28 January 1988) is a Zimbabwean writer. She is the author of Shadows, a novella and House of Stone, a novel.[1][2]

Life and career

Tshuma was born and grew up in Bulawayo, a major city in Zimbabwe. She completed her high-school education at Girls' College, Bulawayo, where she studied Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and French for her A Levels. She is an alumna of the University of Witwatersrand, where she studied Economics and Finance. In 2009, her short story "You in Paradise" won the Intwasa Short Story Competition (now the Yvonne Vera Award) for short fiction before she shot to recognition in 2013 following the release of her collection Shadows, which was published by Kwela Books. Shadows was nominated at the 2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature and also won the Herman Charles Bosman Prize.[3] In 2014, Tshuma was listed as part of Africa39, a collaborative project by Hay Festival and Rainbow Book Club recognising 39 of the most promising writers from Africa under the age of 40.[4][5] A one-time Magtag Fellow at the MFA Creative Writing Programme at the University of Iowa, Tshuma is presently pursuing her PhD at the University of Houston's Literature & Creative Writing Programme.[6]

Works

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  • Shadows. A novella published in 2013.
  • House of Stone. A novel published in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Books in June 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "'Future of Zim writing is bright'". The Herald News. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Novuyo Rosa Tshuma new book "House of Stone" out in June". James Murua's Literature Blog. 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  3. ↑ "Tshuma for top African award". Southern Eye. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Thomas Okes (8 April 2014). "Africa's 39 Finest Writers". Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Margaret Busby (10 April 2014). "Africa39: how we chose the writers for Port Harcourt World Book Capital 2014". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Fungai Machirori Interviews Novuyo Rosa Tshuma". Munyori Literary Journal. 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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