Petina Gappah
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Zimbabwean lawyer and writer working in English
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Petina Gappah
Petina Gappah, born in 1971, is a Zimbabwean lawyer and writer. She writes in English and also draws on Shona, her first language. Brittle Paper named her African Literary Person of the Year in 2016. In 2017, she held a DAAD Artist-in-Residence fellowship in Berlin.
- Born
- 1971
- Languages
- English and Shona
- 2017 fellowship
- DAAD Artist-in-Residence, Berlin
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Petina Gappah (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q4949447
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
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