Elizabeth Zandile Tshele (1981-12-10) 10 December 1981 (age 42) Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe
Language
English
Education
Njube High School; Mzilikazi High School
Alma mater
Texas A&M University-Commerce (BA) Southern Methodist University (MA) Cornell University (MFA)
Genre
Short story; novel
Notable works
We Need New Names (2013); Glory (2022)
Notable awards
Caine Prize for African Writing; Man Booker Prize shortlist
Website
novioletbulawayo.com
NoViolet Bulawayo is the pen name of Elizabeth Zandile Tshele (born 12 October 1981), a Zimbabwean author.[1] In 2012, the National Book Foundation named her a "5 under 35" honoree.[2] She was named one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2014.[3] Her debut novel, We Need New Names, was shortlisted for the 2013 Booker Prize, and her second novel, Glory, was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, making her "the first Black African woman to appear on the Booker list twice".[4][5]
^Zvomuya, Percy (23 July 2013). "NoViolet Bulawayo makes Man Booker Prize longlist". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
^"Discover the 5 Under 35 Honorees", National Book Foundation, 2013.
^newsday (5 December 2014). "Trevor Ncube among most influential persons in Africa". NewsDay Zimbabwe. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
^Ibeh, Chukwuebuka (29 July 2022). "Noviolet Bulawayo's Glory, a Zimbabwean Masterpiece, Longlisted for 2022 Booker Prize". Brittle Paper. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
^"Zimbabwe's NoViolet Bulawayo makes Booker Prize shortlist with 'Glory'". Bulawayo24 News. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
NoVioletBulawayo is the pen name of Elizabeth Zandile Tshele (born 12 October 1981), a Zimbabwean author. In 2012, the National Book Foundation named...
New Names is the 2013 debut novel of expatriate Zimbabwean writer NoVioletBulawayo. A coming-of-age story, We Need New Names tells of the life of a young...
Guardian first book award 2013 (15 November 2013). "We Need New Names by NoVioletBulawayo". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric...
novel), a 1932 novel by Vladimir Nabokov Glory (NoVioletBulawayo novel), a 2022 novel by NoVioletBulawayo The Glory, a 1994 novel by Herman Wouk Glory...
1951), cricketer Angus Buchan (born 1947), author and evangelist NoVioletBulawayo (born 1981), writer Frederick Russell Burnham (1861–1947), scout and...
Manyika's novel shows ordinary people at their best. Uplifting!"), NoVioletBulawayo ("Astute, sensual, funny, and moving"), Jamal Mahjoub ("Manyika writes...
contained great geographical and ethnic diversity, with Zimbabwean-born NoVioletBulawayo, Eleanor Catton of New Zealand, Jim Crace from England, Indian American...
1957), author of children's books shush autobiographical non-fiction NoVioletBulawayo (born 1981), author of We Need New Names, shortlisted for the Man...
child's perspective, Running with Mother (2012). It is also covered in NoVioletBulawayo's Booker-shortlisted Glory. Stiff 2004, pp. 181–228. Sithole 1991,...
Jamel Brinkley David Biespiel Edgar Bowers Geoffrey Brock Jason Brown NoVioletBulawayo Bo Caldwell Kai Carlson-Wee Raymond Carver Samantha Chang Marilyn...
candidate) in a by-election boycotted by all major parties in 2015. NoVioletBulawayo – award-winning writer, author of We Need New Names Joel Luphahla...
Jennings (South Africa), Finding Soutbek (Holland Park Press, UK) NoVioletBulawayo (Zimbabwe), We Need New Names (Little, Brown and Company/Chatto &...
Karunatilaka The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Novel Sri Lanka Sort of Books NoVioletBulawayo Glory Novel Zimbabwe/USA Vintage Publishing Percival Everett The Trees...
is a list of Zimbabwean writers. N. H. Brettell (1908–1991), poet NoVioletBulawayo (1981– ), novelist Patrick Chakaipa (1932–2003), novelist[Gikandi]...
through the literary works of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Teju Cole, NoVioletBulawayo and a few other celebrity authors. Several communities, artists, and...
Daily Nation, 12 April 2019. "NoVioletBulawayo Weaves a Great Yarn About Zimbabwe", review of We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulowayo. The Daily Nation,...
W X Y Z See also Catherine Buckle (born 1957), writer and blogger NoVioletBulawayo (born 1981), novelist Panashe Chigumadzi (born 1991), journalist,...
the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 NoVioletBulawayo (M.F.A. 2010) – Zimbabwean author of We Need New Names Murray Burnett...
He Stole My Ma Finalist 2013 Donal Ryan The Spinning Heart Winner NoVioletBulawayo We Need New Names Finalist Shereen El Feki Sex and the Citadel Finalist...
law professor and prominent opposition politician, are also alumni. NoVioletBulawayo, the famous novelist, also attended the school. 20°07′50″S 28°34′34″E...
André Brink (1935–2015), South Africa Ken Bugul (born 1947), Senegal NoVioletBulawayo (born 1981), Zimbabwe Akosua Busia (born 1966), Ghana J. E. Casely-Hayford...
Global Information