Tsitsi Dangarembga

Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 1959) is a Zimbabwean writer, playwright and filmmaker. Her debut novel, Nervous Conditions (1988; German: Aufbrechen), was the first volume of her Tambudzai trilogy. The novel has been translated into numerous languages and was included by the BBC in a list of the 100 books that have shaped the world. In 2021, Dangarembga received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN Pinter Prize and the PEN International Award for Freedom of Expression. In 2022, she received the Windham-Campbell Prize and served on the jury of the Berlinale.