Kristina Rungano
Zimbabwean poet and short story writer (born 1963)
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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]
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]