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  2. List of first novels by language - Wikipedia

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    Shona: 1956 Feso [9] Feso: Solomon Mutswairo: Zimbabwe Spanish: 1605 Don Quixote [10] Don Quijote de la Mancha: Miguel de Cervantes: Spain: Tamil: 1879 Prathapa Mudaliar Charitram [5] பிரதாப முதலியார் சரித்திரம்: Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai: India Telugu: 1867 Sri Rangaraju Charitra [5] Narahari ...

  3. List of Zimbabwean writers - Wikipedia

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    Charles C Singende (1943–2007), poet and Shona Literature Bureau, contributor and compiler of Nhetembo 1977; L. Washington Chaparadza (1929–1964), Shona writer; Paul Chidyausiku (1929– ), preacher and writer; Bernard Chidzero (1927–2002), economist and novelist

  4. Charles Mungoshi - Wikipedia

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    Mungoshi's works include short stories and novels in Shona and English. [5] [6] He also wrote poetry, but viewed it as a "mere finger exercise". He had a wide range, including anti-colonial writings and children's books. While the colonial regime initially banned his work he eventually wrote about post-colonial oppression as well.

  5. Roli Books - Wikipedia

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    Roli Books was founded in 1978 by Pramod Kapoor, initially with an illustrated book on Rajasthan, first printed in Singapore. [1] The company developed relations with publishing houses in France following Kapoor trip to Paris in 1981, when he bought 3,000 copies of The Last Maharaja and sold the whole lot in India. [2]

  6. Madhushala - Wikipedia

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    Madhushala (Hindi: मधुशाला) (The Tavern/The House of Wine) is a book of 135 "quatrains": verses of four lines by Hindi poet and writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907–2003).

  7. Category:Hindi-language novels - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Hindi-language novels" ... Vasudeva (book) Vatan Aur Desh

  8. A Girl Named Disaster - Wikipedia

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    Nhamo is an 11-year-old girl living in a traditional Shona village located in Mozambique around 1981. She was raised with the knowledge and customs of her tribe. Nhamo means "disaster" in the Shona language. Nhamo was given this name because of the scandal and wrongful things continued to follow her and her mother.

  9. Svikiro - Wikipedia

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    Svikiro is a spirit medium of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. A svikiro is an ancestral spirit primarily known to possess a living human and will give advice based on that communication. [1] The word comes from the verb kusvika meaning "to arrive at or reach a place".