GWETAI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-04-13 published
VERA,
Yvonne▼
Dr.▼
International Author
Peacefully in Toronto on Thursday, April 7, 2005 in her 41st
year. Survived by her loving parents Ericah and Lambert
GWETAI
and brother Tafadzwa and grandmother Eugenia, all of Bulawayo,
Zimbabwe.
She is also survived by her husband John
JOSE of Toronto.
After completion of her PhD at York University she authored five
novels and a collection of stories which have been translated
into ten languages. Among her numerous awards are the Commonwealth
Prize (Africa Region, 1997), the Swedish Voice of Africa Award
(1999), the MacMillan Writers' Prize for Africa (2002), the Premio
Feronia-Citta di Fiano (2003,) and the Swedish
PEN
Tucholsky▼
Prize (2004). A funeral service was held at the Morley Bedford
Funeral Home, Toronto, and memorial services will be held in
England and Zimbabwe at a later date. In Yvonne's memory, memorial
contributions to
PEN
Canada▼ would be appreciated.
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GWETAI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-04-13 published
VERA,
Yvonne▲
Dr.▲ (née
GWETAI)
(International Author) Peacefully in Toronto on Thursday, April
7, 2005 in her 41st year. Survived by her loving parents Ericah
and Lambert
GWETAI and brother Tafadzwa and grandmother Eugenia,
all of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. She is also survived by her husband
John Jose of Toronto. After completion at her PhD at York University
she authored five novels and a collection of stories which have
been translated into ten languages. Among her numerous awards
are the Commonwealth Prize (Africa Region, 1997), the Swedish
Voice of Africa Award (1999), the MacMillan Writers' Prize for
Africa (2002), the Premio Feronia-Citta di Fiano (2003), and
the Swedish
PEN
Tucholsky▲
Prize (2004.) A funeral service was
held at the Morley Bedford Funeral Home, Toronto, and memorial
services will be held in England and Zimbabwe at a later date.
In Yvonne's memory, memorial contributions to
PEN
Canada▲ would
be appreciated.
G... Names GW... Names GWE... Names Welcome Home
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