Tendai Huchu

Tendai Huchu
Born 1982 (age 35–36)
Bindura, Zimbabwe
Occupation Author
Nationality Zimbabwe
Alma mater University of Zimbabwe
Notable works The Hairdresser of Harare (2010),
The Maestro, The Magistrate & The Mathematician (2014)

Tendai Huchu (born 1982) is a Zimbabwean author, best known for his novels The Hairdresser of Harare (2010) and The Maestro, The Magistrate & The Mathematician (2014).

Tendai Huchu’s first novel, The Hairdresser of Harare, was released in 2010 to critical acclaim, and has been translated into German, French, Italian and Spanish. His short fiction in multiple genres and nonfiction have appeared in Enkare Review, The Manchester Review, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Gutter, Interzone, AfroSF, Wasafiri, Warscapes, The Africa Report and elsewhere. In 2013 he received a Hawthornden Fellowship and a Sacatar Fellowship. He was shortlisted for the 2014 Caine Prize.

He is now a podiatrist in Edinburgh.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "African Books Collective: Tendai Huchu". www.africanbookscollective.com. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  • Specht, Mary Helen (11 August 2015). "'The Hairdresser of Harare,' by Tendai Huchu". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
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