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 | |
|---|---|
 Tendai Huchu (2019) | |
| Born | September 28, 1982 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'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]
Publications
editEdinburgh Nights series
- The Library of the Dead. New York, Tor Books, 2021[5]
- Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments, New York, Tor Books, 2022, ISBN 9781250767790 [6]
- The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle, London, Pan Macmillan, 2023, ISBN 9781529097726 [7]
Standalone works
- The Hairdresser of Harare. Oxford, Weaver Press, 2010
- The Maestro, The Magistrate & The Mathematician. Cardigan, AmaBooks, 2014
References
edit- ^ "Tendai Huchu". Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Series". US Macmillan. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments". Macmillan. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle by T. L. Huchu". www.panmacmillan.com. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- Specht, Mary Helen (11 August 2015). "The Hairdresser of Harare, by Tendai Huchu". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
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