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George Makana Clark

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George Makana Clark
Alma materFlorida State University
EmployerUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Notable workThe Raw Man
TitleProfessor emeritus
AwardsO'Henry Prize

George Makana Clark is a writer born in Rhodesia and living in the United States. He is the author of the 2011 novel The Raw Man, as well as "The Center of the World", a short story for which he won the 2006 O'Henry Prize. Clark teaches writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Education

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Clark earned a PhD from Florida State University.[1]

Career

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In 1997, Clark published a short story collection called The Small Bees' Honey. He has seven stories anthologized in The Best American Short Stories series.[1] In 2006 Clark won the O'Henry Prize for his short story "The Center of the World," published in the Georgia Review.[2]

In 2011 Clark published The Raw Man. The Guardian said the novel, set during the Zimbabwean war for independence, "captures liminal characters at a liminal moment in Zimbabwe's history."[3] The novel was translated into French by Cécile Chartres and Elisabeth Samama[4] as Les Douze Portes dans la maison du sergent Gordon.[5]

Clark teaches writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "George Clark". English. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  2. ^ "The O. Henry Prize Stories". Random House. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  3. ^ Habila, Helon (3 June 2011). "The Raw Man by George Makana Clark - review". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b Hecht, Emmanuel (August 31, 2015). "George Makana Clark l'Africain". L'Express. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  5. ^ Ovaldé, Véronique (21 April 2016). "Seconde chance. Le liseur de sang". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 16 September 2016.