Publisher: Luviri Press, Malawi
Napolo and other poems
This collection of
verse contains poems from Malawi’s foremost writer, most of which were
written in the 1970s. Poet, fiction writer, playwright, and children’s
author Steve Bernard Miles Chimombo was born in Zomba, Malawi, and
educated at the University of Malawi, the University of Wales, the
University of Leeds, and Columbia University. Mythology and oral culture
inform his poetry, and he frequently used both modernist techniques and
wry humor to address political themes.
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About the author
Steve Chimombo was born and died in Zomba leaving his wife, daughter, two sons, and five grandchildren. He was educated in Malawi, Wales, England, and the United States of America. He held a doctorate from Columbia University New York, and an Honorary Fellowship in writing from Iowa University. He was Professor Emeritus in English at the University of Malawi. Chimombo was also poet, play write, short story writer, novelist, editor and literary critic.
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