Tendai Huchu (born September 28, 1983) who also writes as T. L. Huchu is a

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an author, best known for his novels '' The Hairdresser of Harare'' (2010) and '' The Maestro, The Magistrate & The Mathematician'' (2014). Tendai Huchu's first novel, ''The Hairdresser of Harare'', was released in 2010 to critical acclaim, and has been translated into German, French, Italian and Spanish. His short fiction in multiple genres and nonfiction have appeared in ''

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'' and elsewhere. In 2013 he received a Hawthornden Fellowship and a Sacatar Fellowship. He was shortlisted for the 2014

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. he is a

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Publications

* '' Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments'', New York, Tor Books, 2022, * '' The Library of the Dead''. New York, Tor Books, 2021 * '' The Maestro, The Magistrate & The Mathematician''. Cardigan, AmaBooks, 2014 * '' The Hairdresser of Harare''. Oxford, Weaver Press, 2010

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huchu, Tendai 1982 births Living people Zimbabwean writers 21st-century novelists Nommo Award winners