Tendai Huchu

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Tendai Huchu (2019)

Tendai Huchu (* 1982 in Bindura ) is a Zimbabwean writer who lives in Edinburgh.

Life

Tendai Huchu attended Churchhill High School in Harare and then studied mining engineering at the University of Zimbabwe . He now lives as a podiatrist in Edinburgh. Huchu's debut work Der Friseur von Harare , which was published in German in 2011, addresses the big African taboo subject of homosexuality. His book was very well received in the press. Birgit Koß, for example, writes on Deutschlandradio that “short, lively dialogues (...) mean that the novel is quick and easy to read. Despite the many tragic echoes, Tendai Huchu tells his story about prejudices and morals, family tragedies and ambitions of young people in Zimbabwe with great ease, a lot of humor and wit, so that the bitter truth slowly becomes the reader's consciousness and not only a smile, but also Thoughtfulness. "

In 2012 he was a member of the jury for the award The Extraordinary Book of the children and youth program of the Berlin International Literature Festival .

In 2017, his short story The Marriage Plot won the Nommo Award for African Speculative Fiction .

Press review

The Hairdresser of Harare / The Hairdresser of Harare

"Tendai Huchu's tale of rivalry between two hairdressers in contemporary Zimbabwe is an entertaining comedy of manners and class, an education in the shocking ruination of Zimbabwe by the Mugabe regime, and a reminder of the visceral intensity of homophobia in some cultures."

- Jane Housham : The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu - review , in: The Guardian, March 8, 2013

“Presidential election in Zimbabwe? Run again. If you really want to understand 33 years of Mugabe rule, you should read Tendai Huchu's witty and clever book: The Harare Hairdresser . "

- Charlene Rautenberg : Where being gay is considered a plague of the white man , in: Die Welt from August 4, 2013

bibliography

  • 2015: The Maestro, The Magistrate & The Mathematician
  • 2011: The Hairdresser of Harare , Text: Tendai Huchu, Translation from English: Jutta Himmelreich, Peter Hammer Verlag (Original 2010: The Hairdresser of Harare )
  • 2010: To Untimely Love , Whiskey Creek Press

Festival participation

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendung/kritik/1639829/
  2. ↑ The 2017 Nommo Award Winners - African Speculative Fiction Society. Retrieved November 3, 2019 .
  3. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/mar/08/hairdresser-harare-tendai-huchu-review
  4. ↑ Charlene Rautenberg: Harare: Where being gay is considered an epidemic of the white man. In: welt.de . August 4, 2013, accessed October 7, 2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Huchu, Tendai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Zimbabwean writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Bindura