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    Sunrise Poison
    Sunrise Poison
    Sunrise Poison
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    Sunrise Poison

    By Phillip Zhuwao

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    Sunrise Poison, co edited with the poet in 1996, is the first of a planned four-volume collected works of Zhuwao, which include fiction, essays and letters, as well as poetry.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDeep South
    Release dateNov 5, 2018
    ISBN9781928476283
    Sunrise Poison
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    Phillip Zhuwao

    Phillip Zhuwao, who died in 1997 aged 27, was a brilliantly original Zimbabwean poet. His poems are visceral, sharp-witted, linguistically playful, and uncompromising in their anarchic aesthetic and intensity. Rich in classical and literary references and following moments of chance, they move fluidly between the poet's inner pain, the scarred landscape of Harare's townships, and unforgettable images of rage and beauty.

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      Phillip Zhuwao 1971-1997

      Sunrise Poison was completed in 1994, when Phillip Zhuwao was 23 years old. At the time of his death in January 1997, he was working on a second book of poems, and had completed two short novels.

      Zhuwao’s grandfather was originally a Lozi from Barotseland, while his mother’s family came from Mozambique. This contributed to his family’s disorientation: I have three international identities, an abnormality hard to describe. (This quote and others come from bio-notes supplied by the poet).

      His early life was full of hardship: We had been evicted from many farms … finally we settled at Chitungwiza, the urban centre of the tobacco farms. I spent most of my childhood in the tobacco, potato and cattle farms. Before I was to school, my uncle taught me Russian revolutionary history. It never interested me, but some names gave me inspiration. Phillip completed most of his school education at Chitungwiza. "I saw bullets and blood. My father was a soldier. In 1987, to try and forget the terror of Inkomo Barracks and the panga knives, we shifted to Kuwadzana in

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