Kristina Rungano

Kristina Masuwa-Morgan (born 28 February 1963) ^[1] is a Zimbabwean poet and short story writer, better known as Kristina Rungano. ^[2] She was the first published Zimbabwean woman poet. ^[3]

Biography

Rungano was born in 1963 in Harare, Zimbabwe. ^[4] Her father, who was Roman Catholic, ran a business in Zvimba District. ^[5] She was educated at Catholic boarding schools near her hometown, before moving to the United Kingdom to study management and computer science. ^[4] In 1979, having gained a diploma in computer science, she returned to Zimbabwe and worked at the Harare Scientific Computing Centre. ^[5]

Kristina Rungano

Career

Her first poetry collection, A Storm is Brewing, was published by Zimbabwe Publishing House in 1984; this made her the first female Zimbabwean poet to have her work published. ^[4] Her poetry particularly covers themes relating to the experiences of women and war. ^{[4] [6]} Some of her poetry has subsequently been included in anthologies such as Daughters of Africa (1992), ^[7] The Heinemann Book of African Women's Poetry (1995), The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry (1999) and Step into a World: A Global Anthology of New Black Literature (2000). ^{[2] [4]} Rungano's second collection, To Seek a Reprieve and Other Poems, was published in 2004. ^[2]

Rungano currently lives in England, ^[4] where she is the Director of Learning and Teaching at the University of Greenwich. ^[6]

Bibliography

• A Storm is Brewing: Poems, Zimbabwe Publishing House, 1984, ISBN   978-0949932839
• To Seek a Reprieve and Other Poems, 2004^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Chipasula, Stella; Chipasula, Frank Mkalawile (1995). The Heinemann Book of African Women's Poetry . Heinemann. p.  226. ISBN   978-0-435-90680-1.
2. Chipasula, Frank M. (2009). Bending the Bow: An Anthology of African Love Poetry. SIU Press. p. 280. ISBN   978-0-8093-2842-0.
3. Renate Papke, Poems at the Edge of Differences: Mothering in new English poetry by women, 2008, p. 185.
4. Killam, G. D.; Kerfoot, Alicia L. (2008). Student Encyclopedia of African Literature. ABC-CLIO. p. 274. ISBN   978-0-313-33580-8.
5. Fister, Barbara (1995). Third World Women's Literatures: A Dictionary and Guide to Materials in English . Greenwood Publishing Group. p.  266. ISBN   978-0-313-28988-0.
6. Papke, Renate (2008). Poems at the Edge of Differences: Mothering in New English Poetry by Women. Universitätsverlag Göttingen. pp.  185–187. ISBN   978-3-940344-42-7.
7. Kristina Rungano, "The Woman", in Busby, Margaret (ed.), Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent, London: Jonathan Cape, 1992; Vintage, 1993; pp. 963–964.

Further reading

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^[2]

1. Smanganyi (6 August 2020). "Kristina Rungano". Pindula. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
2. "Kristina Rungano Poems". Poem Hunter. Retrieved 28 May 2022.