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TENDAI RINOS MWANAKA

24 Svosve road Zengeza 1 Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe. Tel 00263777916113

^Email: mwanaka@yahoo.com or mwanaka13@gmail.com

Personal Details

Nationality Zimbabwean

Date of Birth 13 July 1973

Sex Male

Marital Status Single

Languages English, Shona and Ndebele

ID Number 34-054889-H-34

Most Important Publications-Exhibitions-Performances of the last 5 years

Voices from exile, a collection of poetry on Zimbabwe’s political situation and exile in South Africa was published by Lapwing publications, Northern Ireland in 2010. Keys in the river, a collection of young adult love stories will be published by Savant books, USA in march 2012. I have won several prizes. Logbook written by a drifter, and Voices from exile were both short listed by the Erbecce press poetry prize in 2011, and 2009 respectively, I have been nominated for the pushcart twice, 2008, 2010, commended for the Dalro prize 2008. I have published over 150 pieces of short stories, essays, memoirs, poems and visual art in over 100 magazines, journals, anthologies and websites in the following countries, the USA , UK , Canada , South Africa, Zimbabwe, India , Italy , France , Spain , Cyprus, Australia and New Zealand . Below is the extended list of magazines I have published in, both print and internet magazines ( internet magazines are italics). I am also a songwriter.


USA
Poor magazine, Mobius poetry magazine, Wordgathering, Language and culture, Kota journal, Banwood, Poets.com, Poets.com anthology “Immortal voices”, Noble house anthology, The Potomac journal for poetry and politics, Riversedge, CAIRNS, Beatlick,Winningwriters, Yellow medicine review, Shemom, Off the coast, Memoir and, Dwane, Write me a metaphor, Children, churches and daddies and anthologies, Pacific journal, Eleven eleven journal, RKVRY, Bayou review, Struggle magazine, Letterfounder, Praire wolf press.

UK
Decanto, The Phoenix review poetry magazine, Gold dust, Eireings, Poetrylifeandtimes, Poetrymonthlyinternational, Dawntreader, Numinous spiritual magazine, Presford, Inclement, Neverbuy, Exiled ink magazine, Indigodreams anthology “About last night”, Pennine platform, The red wheelbarrow, Windows project, The Eildon tree, The Delinquent, Essence magazine, Neonhighway

SOUTHERN AFRICA
Newcoin, New contrast, Poetry institute of Africa, Christian poetry anthologies, Itch, Storytime, Poems for Haiti anthology, A Hudson view

AUSTRALIA
Beyond the rainbow, Idiom 123, Curious record, LINQ, Sonnet art, Westerly

CANADA
Earlscourt, Nashwaak, Message in a bottle, Tainted love poems, Poetrysoulasylum, Challenger.

ITALY
Pomezia notizie, Lunar stars and feelings

FRANCE
MGversion

INDIA
Kritya

NEWZEALAND
Poetry SZ

SPAIN
Parrebesso

CYPRUS

SCWI journal

PERSONAL BLOGS

Mwanakacreativewritter.blogspot.com, Facebook profile, twitter, myspace, Bookrix, Victory website, Desi poems, ccpoets

OTHER ATTRIBUTES

1 Hardworking, intelligent and an ability to learn and adapt quickly

2 Highly motivated, positive

3 Can perform to the very best under difficult circumstances

References

Mr D Grieg

LAPWING PUBLICATIONS

c/o ballysillan drive

Belfast BT4 8HQ

UK

EMAIL. lapwing.poetry@ntlworld.com

Mr Daniel Janiek

Savant books and publications

2630 kapiolani Blvd 1601

Honolulu, HI 96826

USA

Email: savantbooks@gmail.com

Hugh Hodge

New contrast

C/o South African literary journal

P.O box 44844

Claremont 7735

Cape Town, South Africa

EMAIL. newcontrasted@newcontrast.com