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We Need New Names
Hurston/Wright Legacy · 2014 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Fiction) | 2014 | Winner |
About This Book
Darling, a ten-year-old girl in a Zimbabwean shantytown, dreams of America—but emigration brings its own dislocations, as she confronts the gap between the American dream and the reality of immigrant life. Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
About the Author
NoViolet BulawayoZimbabwean-American
NoViolet Bulawayo (Elizabeth Zandile Tshele) is a Zimbabwean-American novelist born in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe, in 1981. She studied at Texas A&M University and earned an MFA from Cornell University. Her debut novel We Need New Names (2013) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the PEN/Hemingway Award. Read more →
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