Dambudzo marechera biography template
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Marechera, Dambudzo 1952–1987
Writer
Rootless and Rough Childhood
Twice Ejected from College
Works Vanished
Returned to Homeland
Selected writings
Sources
Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera left behind just a few acclaimed works before his death from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in 1987.
Dambudzo marechera biography template
Marechera had a turbulent personal life for many years, with his early literary promise thwarted by mental illness and alcoholism. His first novel, The House of Hunger, was heralded as an exciting new example of postcolonial African writing, and remains his best known work.
“With Dambudzo Marechera’s death,” noted World Literature Today critic Tanure Ojaide, “African literature lost a young star whose meteoric appearance has left an illuminating rail.”
Rootless and Rough Childhood
Marechera was born in 1952 and grew up in Vengere Township, when Zimbabwe was still Rhodesia, one of the last holdouts of white colonial rule on the Afric