By Dumisani Ndlovu
Zimbabwe’s premier performance poet and author Mbizo Chirasha continues to gain global appeal as he continues to win international writing accolades.
The black poet as Chirasha is affectionately known recently won the latest prestigious 2023 Naji Naaman literary prize.
The title of the completed writing that won the global literary prize is Dictators Doeks.
Naji Naaman’s Literary Prizes are awarded every year to authors of the most emancipated literary works in content and style, aiming to revive and develop human values.
The top Zimbabwean poet has been recognized among the top 60 new prize winners where 2929 participants poets from around the world competed, from seventy nine countries
An acclaimed word smith, performance poet, widely published poet and writer, Chirasha has not only been instrumental to literary projects such as the Girl Child Creativity Project, the Girl Child Voices Fiesta, and the Young Writers Caravan, as well as creation of the Urban Colleges Writers Prize. He is also committed to a number of socially relevant projects in Zimbabwe.
“I am greatly humbled to be honored among the most revered creative and literary luminaries from across the globe. I look forward to continue writing and networking in order to learn more and growing artistically,” he said.
Naji is a multi-lingual literary arts competition writing in more than thirty languages and dialects.
Born and bred in Midlands Province, in 2020 Chirasha received a major boost in his artistic career after he was accepted as a new United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco)-Rila affiliate artist, joining an esteemed team of other international creatives on the programme, a development that afforded him a chance to grow, learn and engage with other creatives.
Naji Naaman Cultural Foundation was founded in 2002 in honouring revered global humanist, writer, cultural activist and leader posthumously for his dedication to human and cultural values, promoting dialogue among civalizations , diversity among religions and cultures , creativity and literatures .Naji Naaman was a great poet, prolific author, literalist and humanist, so to recognize his efforts for intergrating and cultivating human values and peace , the Naji Naaman Foundation created the Naji Naaman Literary Prizes that honours creators,poets and writers of global stead that are nominated yearly and reviewed by an international jury that comes up with 60 winners of global literary repute out of thousands of nominations. The literary prize is managed and coordinated by Naji Naaman Cultural Foundation. najinaaman.org
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