Brian Chikwava

Brian Chikwava
Brian Chikwava after a reading in NUI Maynooth.
BornVictoria Falls, Zimbabwe
OccupationWriter and musician
Alma materBristol University
Notable awards(2004) Caine Prize

Brian Chikwava is a Zimbabwean writer and musician. His short story "Seventh Street Alchemy" was awarded the 2004 Caine Prize for African writing in English; Chikwava became the first Zimbabwean to do so. He has been a Charles Pick fellow at the University of East Anglia, and lives in London. He continues to write in England and put out an album titled Jacaranda Skits.

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