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Steve Bernard Miles Chimombo (4 September 1945 – 11 December 2015) [1] was a Malawian writer, poet, editor and teacher. He was born in Zomba.[2]

Life

He was educated at Zomba Catholic Secondary School, then at the University of Malawi where he earned a B.A.[3][4] At the University of Wales, he took a teaching diploma in English as a Second Language. At Columbia University in the United States, he was awarded his M.A. and Ph.D. in teaching.[5] After studying at Leeds, England, Chimombo returned to Malawi to edit the literary bulletin Outlook-lookout.[6]

He was a professor of English at Chancellor College in Malawi and was considered one of the nation's leading writers.[5][7] In 1988 his Napolo Poems gained him honorable mention for the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.[8] He was married to Moira Chimombo.[7]

The poet Stanley Onjezani Kenani wrote the following appreciation of Chimombo: "Except for J.W. Gwengwe, D.D. Phiri, Jack Mapanje, and Francis Chipasula, I cannot think of any Malawian who has contributed more to Malawian literature than Prof. Chimombo."[9] He died at the age of 70 on 11 December 2015 in Blantyre.[9]

Works

Poetry

• Napolo Poems, Manchichi Publishers, 1987
• Python! Python! An Epic Poem, Wasi Publications, 1992
• Napolo and the Python, Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1994, ISBN 978-0-435-91199-7

Plays

• The Rainmaker (1975)
• Wachiona Ndani? (1983)

Novels

• The Basket Girl, Popular Publications, 1990
• The Wrath of Napolo, Wasi Publications, 2000, ISBN 978-99908-48-06-9

Children's literature

• The Bird Boy's Song, Wasi Publications, 2002, ISBN 978-99908-48-07-6

Short stories

• The Hyena Wears Darkness (2006)

Nonfiction

• Malawian Oral Literature: The Aesthetics of Indigenous Arts (1988)[7]
• The Culture of Democracy: Language, Literature, the Arts and Politics in Malawi, 1992–94 (1996)

Anthologies

• Chinua Achebe; Catherine Lynette Innes, eds. (1992). "The rubbish dump". The Heinemann book of contemporary African short stories. Heinemann. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-435-90566-8. Steve Chimombo.
• Gerald Moore; Ulli Beier, eds. (2007). "Napolo: the message". The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry. Translated by Gerald Moore; Ulli Beier. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-042472-0.

References

На других языках

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- [en] Steve Chimombo

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[es] Steve Chimombo

Steve Chimombo, (Zomba, 4 de septiembre de 1945-11 de diciembre de 2015),[1] fue un escritor de Malaui. Estudió en Malaui, el Reino Unido y los Estados Unidos, y fue profesor de inglés en la Universidad de Malaui.

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[ru] Чимомбо, Стив

Стив Бернард Майлз Чимомбо (англ. Steve Bernard Miles Chimombo; Зомба, Ньясаленд, Британская империя (ныне в Южной провинции Малави), 4 сентября 1945 (1945-09-04) — 11 декабря 2015, Блантайр, Малави) — малавийский писатель, поэт, редактор, драматург и учитель[1].

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