Meja Mwangi
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Meja Mwangi
Meja Mwangi (born 27 December 1948)[1] is one of Kenya's leading novelists. Mwangi has worked in the film industry, including screenwriting, assistant directing, casting and location management.
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Biography
He was born David Dominic Mwangi[1] in Nanyuki, and was educated at Nanyuki Secondary School, Kenyatta College and the University of Leeds. He then worked on odd-jobs for foreign broadcasters before he turned to full-time writing. He was Fellow in Writing at the University of Iowa (1975-6).
Prizes and awards
- Jomo Kenyatta Prize, for Kill Me Quick (1974)
- Jomo Kenyatta Prize, for Going Down River Road (1977)
- Lotus Award (Afro-Asian Writers' Association) (1978)
- Noma Award (honourable mention), for Bread of Sorrow (1989)
- Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Prize), for Little White Man (1992)
- Le Prix Lire au College, for Kariuki (1992)
- Jomo Kenyatta Prize for The Last Plague (2001)
- National Book Week Award (Kenya) for The Last Plague
- Nominated for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, for The Last Plague (2002)
- Society of School Librarians International Honor Book Award (USA), for The Mzungu Boy (2005)
- American Library Association National Book for Children Award, for The Mzungu Boy (2006)
- Children's Africana Book Award (best book for older readers), for The Mzungu Boy (2006)
- Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature, Adult Fiction third place, Big Chief (2009)
Literary works
- Kill Me Quick (1973) ISBN 0-435-90143-5
- Going Down River Road (1976) ISBN 0-435-90176-1
- The Cockroach Dance (1979) ISBN 0-582-64276-0
- Carcase for Hounds (1974) ISBN 0-435-90145-1
- Taste of Death (1975)
- The Bushtrackers (1979) ISBN 0-582-78525-1
- Bread of Sorrow (1987)
- The Return of Shaka (1989)
- Weapon of Hunger (1989) ISBN 9966-49-813-3
- Striving for the Wind (1990) ISBN 0-435-90979-7
- The Last Plague (2000) ISBN 9966-25-064-6
- Mountain of Bones (2001)
- The Boy Gift (2006) ISBN 978-1-84728-471-6
- Mama Dudu, the Insect Woman (2007) ISBN 978-1-84728-468-6
- Baba Pesa (2007) ISBN 978-0-9796476-1-1
- The Big Chiefs (2007) ISBN 978-0-9796476-3-5
- Gun Runner (2007) ISBN 978-0-9796476-0-4
- Power (2009) ISBN 978-0-9796476-9-7
- Blood Brothers (2009) ISBN 978-0-9820126-0-4
Filmography
- Out of Africa (1985), assistant director
- White Mischief (1987, second assistant director
- The Kitchen Toto, casting director
- Gorillas in the Mist (1985), assistant director
- Shadow On The Sun (1988), location manager
