George Makana Clark | |
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Alma mater | Florida State University |
Employer | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Notable work | The Raw Man |
Title | Professor emeritus |
Awards | O'Henry Prize |
George Makana Clark is a writer born in Rhodesia and living in the United States. He is the author of the 2011 novel The Raw Man, as well as "The Center of the World", a short story for which he won the 2006 O'Henry Prize. Clark teaches writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Clark earned a PhD from Florida State University. [1]
In 1997, Clark published a short story collection called The Small Bees' Honey. He has seven stories anthologized in The Best American Short Stories series. [1] In 2006 Clark won the O'Henry Prize for his short story "The Center of the World," published in the Georgia Review. [2]
In 2011 Clark published The Raw Man. The Guardian said the novel, set during the Zimbabwean war for independence, "captures liminal characters at a liminal moment in Zimbabwe's history." [3] The novel was translated into French by Cécile Chartres and Elisabeth Samama [4] as Les Douze Portes dans la maison du sergent Gordon. [5]
Clark teaches writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. [4]
George Makana Clark | |
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Alma mater | Florida State University |
Employer | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Notable work | The Raw Man |
Title | Professor emeritus |
Awards | O'Henry Prize |
George Makana Clark is a writer born in Rhodesia and living in the United States. He is the author of the 2011 novel The Raw Man, as well as "The Center of the World", a short story for which he won the 2006 O'Henry Prize. Clark teaches writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Clark earned a PhD from Florida State University. [1]
In 1997, Clark published a short story collection called The Small Bees' Honey. He has seven stories anthologized in The Best American Short Stories series. [1] In 2006 Clark won the O'Henry Prize for his short story "The Center of the World," published in the Georgia Review. [2]
In 2011 Clark published The Raw Man. The Guardian said the novel, set during the Zimbabwean war for independence, "captures liminal characters at a liminal moment in Zimbabwe's history." [3] The novel was translated into French by Cécile Chartres and Elisabeth Samama [4] as Les Douze Portes dans la maison du sergent Gordon. [5]
Clark teaches writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. [4]