ONE of Zimbabwe\u2019s most celebrated authors, Charles Mungoshi has died. He was 71.<\/p>\n
His death was confirmed by the family in a statement Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is with deep sadness that we announce the passing away of our dearly beloved father, Dr Charles Mungoshi (71).<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had been ill for ten years, from a neurological condition to which he succumbed this morning, at Parirenyatwa Hospital,\u201d read the statement.<\/p>\n
Mungoshi, a prolific and multi-award winning novelist, poet, short story writer and actor was internationally recognised and celebrated.<\/p>\n
He published 18 books, which include Waiting for the Rain (1975), Ndiko Kupindana Kwemazuva(1975), Makunun\u2019unu Maodza Moyo (1970), The Milkman Doesn\u2019t Only Deliver Milk (1981), Inongova Njake Njake(1980), Coming of the Dry Season (1972) Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness (2013).<\/p>\n
Among other accolades, Mungoshi twice won the Commonwealth Writers\u2019 Prize of Best Book in Africa and was subsequently invited to meet the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth.<\/p>\n
One of his poems was curetted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as a permanent display as public art at their new headquarters in Seattle, Washington, in US, 2011.<\/p>\n
In 2003, he was conferred an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Zimbabwe, after winning multiple awards which include Zimbabwe\u2019s 75 best books where he appeared in the top five lists in both Shona and English categories.<\/p>\n
Said the family, \u201cWe were honoured to have Dr Mungoshi, a quiet, deeply loving and caring husband to Jesesi, Father to Farai, Graham, Nyasha, Charles and Tsitsi and a grandfather to 7 young and lovely grandchildren.<\/p>\n
\u201cFuneral details will be shared in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ONE of Zimbabwe\u2019s most celebrated authors, Charles Mungoshi has died. He was 71. His death was confirmed by the family in a statement Saturday morning. \u201cIt is with deep sadness that we announce the passing away of our dearly beloved father, Dr Charles Mungoshi (71). \u201cHe had been ill for ten years, from a neurological […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":3926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,35],"tags":[22,86,191],"class_list":{"0":"post-3923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-culture-and-art","9":"category-homepage-english","10":"tag-art","11":"tag-culture","12":"tag-culture-and-art"},"yoast_head":"\n