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Ignatius Tirivangani Mabasa (born 1971) is a Zimbabwean writer, storyteller, and musician, who writes mainly in Shona.〔Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3〕 He was born in Mount Darwin and grew up on his grandfather's farm there. He attended school in Chitungwiza, where he began to write short stories. He studied Shona and linguistics at the University of Zimbabwe. He was awarded a scholarship to attend the University of Oslo, where he received the M.Phil. in Media, Democracy and Development in 1998. The following year, he received a Fulbright Scholarship to teach writing and literature in Illinois. == Career == Mabasa's debut novel, the satirical ''Mapenzi'' (Fools), won first prize in the Zimbabwe Book Publishers’ Association Awards in 2000.〔(Ignatius T. Mabasa ), Poetry International Rotterdam, retrieved 17 October 2013.〕 His second novel ''Ndafa Here?'' (Am I Dead?) won the National Arts Merit Award (NAMA) in 2009.,〔(Mtukudzi honoured at NAMAs ), New Zimbabwe, 5 February 2009.〕 as did his novel ''Imbwa yemunhu'' (You Dog) in 2014.〔(Tinashe Muchuri Reviews Mabasa’s “Imbwa Yemunhu" ), Munyori Literary Journal, 25 September 2013.〕〔(NAMA Award Winners list ), Bulawayo24, 17 February 2014.〕 Mabasa has two published collections of poems in Shona: ''Tipeiwo Dariro'' and ''Muchinokoro Kunaka''. His short stories include "Paying to Die" and "Some Kind of Madness". Frequently performing as a storyteller in schools, Mabasa has written several children's books in English and Shona, including ''The Man, Shaggy Leopard and the Jackal; and other stories'', which won the NAMA in 2010.〔( NAMA big winners revealed ), New Zimbabwe, 22 February 2010.〕 His book ''Meri Nebhutsu Tsvuku'' was a NAMA nominee for Outstanding Children's Book in 2013.〔(Battlelines drawn at NAMA ), NewsDay, 7 February 2013.〕 In 2010, Mabasa was writer/storyteller in residence at the University of Manitoba in Canada. In 2012, he founded Bhabhu Books, which publishes novels and stories in Shona, Ndebele and other languages. He is one of the first Zimbabwean authors to publish e-books, citing piracy concerns, “No laws are protecting us as a sector. A few days after publishing a book, the pirated version is all over the streets."〔(Mabasa goes online to evade piracy ), NewsDay, 21 Sept 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ignatius Mabasa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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