Vera, Yvonne

Yvonne Vera was born and brought up in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. She studied at and gained her Ph.D. from York University in Canada. She now works as the Director of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. Yvonne Vera is the author of the novels Nehanda (1993), Without a Name (1994), Under the Tongue (1996), and Don't You Carve Other Animals (1992), all published by Baobab Books. (Why Don't You Carve Other Animals was first published by TSAR Publications, Toronto.) Without a Name and Under the Tongue both won first prize in the Zimbabwe Publishers' Literary Awards of 1995 and 1997 respectively...