Stanley Onjezani Kenani
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Stanley Onjezani Kenani is a Malawi
an writer born in 1976. A poet
, Kenani has performed at the Arts Alive Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa, Poetry Africa
in Durban, South Africa, Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) in Harare, Zimbabwe, and at the Struga Poetry Evenings
in Macedonia. He has read with several famous African and world poets including Mahmoud Darwish
of Palestine, Natalie Handal of Palestine/USA, Carolyn Forche
of USA, Dennis Brutus
of South Africa, Kereopetse Kgositsile of South Africa, Shimmer Chinodya
of Zimbabwe, Chirikure Chirikure of Zimbabwe, Benedicto Wokomaatani Malunga of Malawi and Alfred Msadala of Malawi among others.
Kenan has won several awards in his country for short story writing. In 2007, his short story, For Honour, won third prize in an HSBC/SA PEN Competition in which participants were drawn from 12 countries of Southern Africa, with the winners selected by multi-award winning Nobel Laureate JM Coetzee. The same short story was shortlisted for the Caine Prize
in 2008 (Caine Prize is Africa's highest literary award, sometimes referred to as "The African Booker.") The story is published in an anthology called African Pens: New Writing From Southern Africa 2007.
Stanley has served as president of the 400 member-strong Malawi Writers Union. An accountant who is also a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)and a Certified Public Accountant in Malawi (CPA-M), Stanley also serves as acting treasurer for the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA), a continental body of writers with headquarters in Accra, Ghana.
Stanley's collection of poems Slaughterhouse of Sanity is yet to be published, but several poems in it have been published in A Hudson View and several other journals and magazines.
Malawi
The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...
an writer born in 1976. A poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, Kenani has performed at the Arts Alive Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa, Poetry Africa
Poetry Africa
Poetry Africa is an international poetry festival held annually in Durban, South Africa.More than twenty poets, predominantly from South Africa and elsewhere on the African continent, participate in the 7–10 day Poetry Africa, an international poetry festival that is based mostly in Durban, South...
in Durban, South Africa, Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) in Harare, Zimbabwe, and at the Struga Poetry Evenings
Struga Poetry Evenings
Struga Poetry Evenings is an international poetry festival held annually in Struga, Republic of Macedonia. During the several decades of its existence, the Festival has awarded its most prestigious award, the Golden Wreath, to some of the most notable international poets, including: Mahmoud...
in Macedonia. He has read with several famous African and world poets including Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish was a Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards for his literary output and was regarded as the Palestinian national poet...
of Palestine, Natalie Handal of Palestine/USA, Carolyn Forche
Carolyn Forché
Carolyn Forché is an American poet, editor, translator, and human rights advocate.-Life:Forché was born in Detroit, Michigan, on April 28, 1950, to Michael Joseph and Louise Nada Blackford Sidlosky. Forché earned a B.A...
of USA, Dennis Brutus
Dennis Brutus
Dennis Vincent Brutus was a South African activist, educator, journalist and poet best known for his campaign to have apartheid South Africa banned from the Olympic Games.-Life and work:...
of South Africa, Kereopetse Kgositsile of South Africa, Shimmer Chinodya
Shimmer Chinodya
Shimmer Chinodya is an Zimbabwean novelist.He studied at Mambo Primary School.He was expelled from Goromonzi after demonstrating against Ian Smith's government....
of Zimbabwe, Chirikure Chirikure of Zimbabwe, Benedicto Wokomaatani Malunga of Malawi and Alfred Msadala of Malawi among others.
Kenan has won several awards in his country for short story writing. In 2007, his short story, For Honour, won third prize in an HSBC/SA PEN Competition in which participants were drawn from 12 countries of Southern Africa, with the winners selected by multi-award winning Nobel Laureate JM Coetzee. The same short story was shortlisted for the Caine Prize
Caine Prize
The Caine Prize for African Writing is an annual literary award for the best original short story by an African writer, whether in Africa or elsewhere, published in the English language. The £10,000 prize was founded in the United Kingdom in 2000, and was named in memory of the late Sir Michael...
in 2008 (Caine Prize is Africa's highest literary award, sometimes referred to as "The African Booker.") The story is published in an anthology called African Pens: New Writing From Southern Africa 2007.
Stanley has served as president of the 400 member-strong Malawi Writers Union. An accountant who is also a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)and a Certified Public Accountant in Malawi (CPA-M), Stanley also serves as acting treasurer for the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA), a continental body of writers with headquarters in Accra, Ghana.
Stanley's collection of poems Slaughterhouse of Sanity is yet to be published, but several poems in it have been published in A Hudson View and several other journals and magazines.