--- title: "3 Chenjerai Hove Quotes - Famous Poet (Shadows)" description: "Chenjerai Hove, was a Zimbabwean poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both English and Shona. Browse 3 Chenjerai Hove quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chenjerai-hove-22987.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Chenjerai Hove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chenjerai-hove-22987.jpg) # Chenjerai Hove (1956–2015) Poet Zimbabwe **3** quotes in **26** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Chenjerai Hove was a poet from Zimbabwe, best known for *Shadows*. ## Quick Facts About Chenjerai Hove Born February 9, 1956 Died July 12, 2015 Nationality Zimbabwe Profession Poet Notable works Shadows ## About Chenjerai Hove Chenjerai Hove, was a Zimbabwean poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both English and Shona. "Modernist in their formal construction, but making extensive use of oral conventions, Hove's novels offer an intense examination of the psychic and social costs - to the rural population, especially, of the war of liberation in Zimbabwe." He died on 12 July 2015 while living in exile in Norway, with his death attributed to liver failure. ## Awards & Honors Noma Award for Publishing in Africa ## Quotes by Chenjerai Hove > [Creativity is a space for solitary longing, the desire to be elsewhere in space and time, to be in a new ideal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chenjerai-hove/creativity-is-a-space-for-solitary-longing-the-desire-to-be-elsewhere/) Chenjerai Hove [Creativity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creativity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aee/chenjerai-hove-76274_creativity_creativity-is-a-space-for-solitary-longi_1036797.jpg) > [When I take up my pen to write, I feel the strength of standing up and refusing to be silent. In an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chenjerai-hove/when-i-take-up-my-pen-to-write-i-feel-the-strength-of-standing-up-and/) Chenjerai Hove [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/678/chenjerai-hove-76274_death_when-i-take-up-my-pen-to-write-i-feel-th_2262085.jpg) > [“I always tell people that if they want to know about the history of a country, do not go to the history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chenjerai-hove/i-always-tell-people-that-if-they-want-to-know-about-the-history-of-a/) Chenjerai Hove [Fiction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/chenjerai-hove-76274_fiction_i-always-tell-people-that-if-they-want-t_3206527.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chenjerai-hove/#itemlist", "name": "Chenjerai Hove Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Creativity is a space for solitary longing, the desire to be elsewhere in space and time, to be in a new ideal world where life is as it should be.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chenjerai Hove" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chenjerai-hove/creativity-is-a-space-for-solitary-longing-the-desire-to-be-elsewhere/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aee/chenjerai-hove-76274_creativity_creativity-is-a-space-for-solitary-longi_1036797.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aee/chenjerai-hove-76274_creativity_creativity-is-a-space-for-solitary-longi_1036797.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aee/chenjerai-hove-76274_creativity_creativity-is-a-space-for-solitary-longi_1036797.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Creativity is a space for solitary longing, the desire to be elsewhere in space and time, to be in a new…” — Chenjerai Hove", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I take up my pen to write, I feel the strength of standing up and refusing to be silent. 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