Peter Godwin

Peter Godwin (born 1957) is a Zimbabwean author, journalist, and former human rights lawyer best known for his memoirs chronicling his childhood in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe and the country's political decline, including Mukiwa (1997, Orwell Prize winner), When a Crocodile Eats the Sun (2006), The Fear (2011), and Exit Wounds (2024). He has received major awards such as the Orwell Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and served as president of PEN American Center (2012-2015). petergodwin.net