Christopher Mlalazi
Christopher Mlalazi writes prose, for theatre, and poetry. He has two published books and has numerous stage plays which have been performed in the country.
His awards and nominations include a Highly Recommended citation in the 2004 Sable/Arvon (UK) short story contest, 2007 shortlist for the HSBC South Africa PEN short story contest, 2008 Oxfam Novib PEN Freedom Of Expression Award (Theatre), 2009 NAMA Award for Best First Published Creative Book (Zimbabwe), 2009 Nomination for NAMA Award in Outstanding Fiction Book (Zim), and the 2011 National Arts Merit Award (Zimbabwe), for Best Theatrical Production.
In 2010 he was Writer In Residency at Villa Aurora in California, USA. In 2011 he was the guest writer at the Nordic-Afrika Institute in Sweden from where he did a book tour of Norway, Finland and Germany. He has also been nominated to attend the 2012 Iowa University International Writing Program in the USA between August and November 2013.