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          Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera left behind just a few acclaimed works before his death from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in

        1. The late Zimbabwean writer, Dambudzo Marechera, used the phrase 'I am an outsider in my own biography' to qualify himself.
        2. Dambudzo Marechera was a Zimbabwean novelist who won critical acclaim for his collection of stories entitled The House of Hunger.
        3. Dambudzo Marechera was born in in Vengere Township, Rusape, then Rhodesia.
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          5. Dambudzo Marechera was a Zimbabwean novelist who won critical acclaim for his collection of stories entitled The House of Hunger..

          Marechera, Dambudzo 1952–1987

          Writer

          Rootless and Rough Childhood

          Twice Ejected from College

          Works Vanished

          Returned to Homeland

          Selected writings

          Sources

          Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera left behind just a few acclaimed works before his death from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in 1987.

          Marechera had a turbulent personal life for many years, with his early literary promise thwarted by mental illness and alcoholism. His first novel, The House of Hunger, was heralded as an exciting new example of postcolonial African writing, and remains his best known work.

          “With Dambudzo Marechera’s death,” noted World Literature Today critic Tanure Ojaide, “African literature lost a young star whose meteoric appearance has left an illuminating rail.”

          Rootless and Rough Childhood

          Marechera was born in 1952 and grew up in Vengere Township, when Zimbabwe was still Rhodesia, one of the last holdouts of white colonial rule on the Afric