Zakes Mda
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| Born | Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda Tɛmplet:Birth year and age Herschel, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet and playwright |
| Alma mater | Ohio University University of Cape Town |
| Notable works | Ways of Dying (1995), The Heart of Redness (2000) |
| Notable awards | Commonwealth Writers' Prize Sunday Times Fiction Prize 2001 |
| Parents | A. P. Mda (father) |
Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni "Zakes" Mda ( bɛ dɔɣi o la yuuni 1948) ka o nyɛ ŋun nyɛ South Africa sasabira ŋun sabiri, salinwaɣila, yɛltɔɣa taɣimalisi, ni kpɛrigu. O nyɛla ŋun na min di major South African mini British literary kpaŋmaŋ pini din jendi o salinwaɣila sabbu polo. . O ba n nyɛ siyaasa niri yuli booni A. P. Mda.
O pilli bɛhigu mini o shikuru chandi
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Zanemvula Mda nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so tiŋyuli booni Herschel, n be South Africa, yuuni 1948.[1] Ka nyɛ ŋun naagi shikuru yuli booni Cambridge Overseas Certificate at Peka High School, din be Lesotho tingban ni la, yuuni 1969. O nyɛla ŋun deegi shɛhira gbaŋ yuli booni BFA ( din jendi bɔhimbu yaɣa din nyɛ Visual Arts mini Literature ni ) shikuru din booni International Academy of Arts and Literature, ka be Zurich, n be Switzerland tingbani la puuni , yuuni 1976. O lahi nyɛla ŋun naagi MFA (Theater) mini MA (Mass Communication n-ti pahi Media) yuuni 1984 ni, shikuru yuli booni Ohio University, din be United States tingbani la. O nyɛla ŋun lan deegi o shɛhira gbaŋ yuli booni PhD la shikuru yuli booni University of Cape Town, din be South Africa tingbani la , yuuni 1989.
Career
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Literary works
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]O kpaŋmaŋ pina nima
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]| Year | Work | Award | Ressult | Tɛmplet:Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | We Shall Sing for the Fatherland | Amstel Playwright of the Year Award | Special Merit Award | [citation needed] |
| 1979 | The Hill | Amstel Playwright of the Year Award | Winner | [citation needed] |
| 1997 | Ways of Dying | M-Net Book Prize | Winner | [2] |
| 2001 | The Heart of Redness | Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book: Africa | Winner | [3] |
| 2001 | The Heart of Redness | Hurston-Wright Legacy Award | Winner | [4] |
| 2001 | The Heart of Redness | Sunday Times Fiction Prize | Winner | [5] |
| 2017 | Little Suns | Barry Ronge Fiction Prize | Winner | [6] |
Publications
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- ( yuuni 1977) New South African Writing
- ( yuuni 1979) We Shall Sing for the Fatherland
- ( yuuni 1979) Dead End
- ( yuuni 1979) Dark Voices Ring
- (Yuuni 1980) The Hill
- (Yuuni 1982) Banned: A Play for Radio
- (Yuuni 1982) Summer Fires
- (Yuuni 1986) Bits of Debris: The Poetry of Zakes Mda
- (Yuuni 1988) And the Girls in their Sunday Dresses
- (Yuuni 1989) Joys of War
- (Yuuni 1990) The Plays of Zakes Mda
- (Yuuni 1991) The Nun's Romantic Story
- (Yuuni 1992) Soho Square
- (Yuuni 1993) When People Play People
- (Yuuni 1993) And the Girls in Their Sunday Dresses: Four Works
- (Yuuni 1995) Ways of Dying
- (Yuuni 1995) She Plays with the Darkness
- (Yuuni 1998) Melville 67
- (Yuuni 2000) The Heart of Redness
- (Yuuni 2002) The Madonna of Excelsior
- (Yuuni 2002) Fools, Bells and the Importance of Eating: Three Satires
- (Yuuni 2005) The Whale Caller
- (Yuuni 2007) Cion
- (Yuuni 2009) Black Diamond
- (Yuuni 2011) Sometimes There is a Void: Memoirs of an Outsider
- (Yuuni 2012) Our Lady of Benoni
- (Yuuni 2013) The Sculptors of Mapungubwe
- (Yuuni 2014) Rachel's Blue
- (Yuuni 2015) Little Suns
- (Yuuni 2019) The Zulus of New York
- (Yuuni 2021) Wayfarers' Hymns
Maan lihimi ŋo nim yaha
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Kundivihira
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- ↑ Zanemvula Kizito Mda. SAHO.
- ↑ De Waal, Shaun (2000-03-17). A decade of prizes (en-ZA).
- ↑ Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987–2007. Commonwealth Foundation.
- ↑ The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (en).
- ↑ Previous winners of the Alan Paton Award and the Sunday Times Fiction Prize. The Sunday Times (4 June 2007).
- ↑ Malec, Jennifer (25 June 2017). Zakes Mda and Greg Marinovich win Sunday Times Literary Awards. JRB.
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