(1982-09-28) September 28, 1982 (age 41) Bindura, Zimbabwe
Occupation
Author
Nationality
Zimbabwean
Alma mater
University of Zimbabwe
Notable works
The Hairdresser of Harare (2010), The Maestro, The Magistrate & The Mathematician (2014)
Tendai Huchu (born September 28, 1982)[1][2] who also writes as T. L. Huchu is a Zimbabwean author, best known for his novels The Hairdresser of Harare (2010)[3] 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.
As of 2015,[update] he is a podiatrist in Edinburgh.[4]
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^"Tendai Huchu". www.litencyc.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^"Falling in love with a gay man in Harare". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^"Tendai Huchu". African Books Collective. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
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