J. Nozipo Maraire
| J. Nozipo Maraire | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mangula |
| Occupation | neurosurgeon |
| Nationality | Zimbabwean |
| Alma mater | Atlantic College, Harvard University, Yale School of Medicine |
| Genre | novel |
| Literary movement | Ecosurgica |
J. Nozipo Maraire (born in Mangula, Southern Rhodesia in 1964) is a Zimbabwean doctor, entrepreneur and writer. She is the author of Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter. The novel was published in 1996, was a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year" and a Boston Globe bestseller. It has been published and translated into over 14 languages.
Life
She is a full-time practicing neurosurgeon. Dr. Maraire has initiated neurosurgery programs in several institutions in Delaware, Ohio and Oregon. She has travelled, been educated and lived in many countries including Jamaica, the United States, Canada and Wales. She was selected to attend Atlantic College, in Wales. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and then attended The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. She completed her neurosurgery training at Yale School of Medicine. She was awarded a Clinical Fellowship Award by The Congress of Neurological Surgeons which she used to work with Dr. Fred Epstein in pediatric neurosurgery in New York City.[1]
She is a public speaker who has been invited to lecture at colleges and universities across the country. Dr. Maraire has spoken to numerous book clubs and civic organizations and served on many literary panels including being an invited guest of The Gotenberg Literary Festival. She has served on the Board of Directors of several organizations including The Rotary Foundation, The Ross Ragland Theater and The South North Development Institute. She has worked with and for many development agencies including The World Health Organization, NORAD, the Norwegian aid agency and The Synergos Institute. She worked with the Synergos Institute as a consultant and program coordinator and was instrumental in forming community investment funds southern Africa.
In 2010, she was one of the winners of the British Airways Entrepreneur Face to Face Award for her entry of Ecosurgica, her vision for cutting edge, affordable health care in Southern Africa. She is the founder of Cutting Edge Neurosurgeon Inc., a web based start up.
She divides her time between the US and Zimbabwe. She is married to Allen Chiura, a urologist, also from Zimbabwe. They have four children.
Works
References
- ↑ Shufro, Cathy (2007-10-10). "The many worlds of Nozipo Maraire". Yale Medicine (published Summer 1999). Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ↑ Lively, Penelope (1996-03-03). "Tales Out of Africa". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
The epistolary novel has a distinguished ancestry and is a notoriously difficult form. It helps if the structure allows for an exchange and thus for an airing of different voices. In "Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter," we have a single missive to a single recipient.
- ↑ Hay, Margaret Jean (2000-01-01). "J. Nozipo Maraire's Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter". African Novels in the Classroom. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 9781555878788.
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