Yvonne Vera
- January 5, 2024
- Novelist
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Yvonne Vera Biography
| Name | Yvonne Vera |
| Birthday | Sep 19 |
| Birth Year | 1964 |
| Place Of Birth | Bulawayo |
| Birth Country | Zimbabwe |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
Yvonne Vera is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on September 19, 1964 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. She is a twentieth- century Zimbabwean author. Her novels feature strong female characters and poetic prose. Nehanda and Without a Name are her most well-known works.
Both she and Wilbur Weber Smith are natives of Zimbabwe.
Vera was born in Bulawayo, in what was then Southern Rhodesia, to Jerry Vera and Ericah Gwetai. At the age of eight, she worked as a cotton-picker near Hartley. She attended Mzilikazi High School and then taught English literature at Njube High School, both in Bulawayo. In 1987 she immigrated to Canada and she married John Jose, a Canadian teacher whom she had met while he was teaching at Njube. At some point in the late 1980s, Vera was diagnosed as HIV- positive, but never shared this information during her lifetime. At York University, Toronto, she completed an undergraduate degree, a master’s and a PhD, and taught literature.
While at university, Vera submitted a story to a Toronto magazine: the publisher asked for more, so she sat down to write them. Her collection of short stories, Why Don’t You Carve Other Animals, was published in 1992. It was followed by five completed novels:
John Jose was her husband. She died from complications due to AIDS in 2005.
Yvonne Vera Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Novelist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Yvonne Vera is one of the richest Novelist from Zimbabwe. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yvonne Vera 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She earned her Ph.D. at York University in Toronto.
For her 2002 novel, The Stone Virgins, she was awarded the Macmillan Writers Prize for Africa.
Yvonne Vera (September 19, 1964 – April 7, 2005) was an author from Zimbabwe. Her first published book was a collection of short stories, Why Don’t You Carve Other Animals (1992), which was followed by five novels: Nehanda (1993), Without a Name (1994), Under the Tongue (1996), Butterfly Burning (1998), and The Stone Virgins (2002). Her novels are known for their poetic prose, difficult subject-matter, and their strong women characters, and are firmly rooted in Zimbabwe’s difficult past. For these reasons, she has been widely studied and appreciated by those studying postcolonial African literature.
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Yvonne Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Zimbabwe. Yvonne Vera celebrates birthday on September 19 of every year.