George Makana Clark
George Makana Clark | |
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| Alma mater | Florida State University |
| Employer | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Notable work | The Raw Man |
| Title | Professor emeritus |
| Awards | O'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[edit]
Clark earned a PhD from Florida State University.[1]
Career[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ a b "George Clark". English. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
- ^ "The O. Henry Prize Stories". Random House. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ Habila, Helon (3 June 2011). "The Raw Man by George Makana Clark - review". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ a b Hecht, Emmanuel (August 31, 2015). "George Makana Clark l'Africain". L'Express. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ Ovaldé, Véronique (21 April 2016). "Seconde chance. Le liseur de sang". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 16 September 2016.
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