--- title: "2 Yvonne Vera Quotes - Famous Writer (Without a name)" description: "Yvonne Vera was an author from Zimbabwe. Browse 2 Yvonne Vera quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-yvonne-vera-97114.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Yvonne Vera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-yvonne-vera-97114.jpg) # Yvonne Vera (1964–2005) Writer Zimbabwe **2** quotes in **14** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Yvonne Vera was a writer from Zimbabwe, best known for *Without a name*. ## Quick Facts About Yvonne Vera Born September 19, 1964 Died April 7, 2005 Nationality Zimbabwe Profession Writer Notable works Without a name ## About Yvonne Vera Yvonne Vera was an author from Zimbabwe. Her first published book was a collection of short stories, Why Don't You Carve Other Animals (1992), which was followed by five novels: Nehanda (1993), Without a Name (1994), Under the Tongue (1996), Butterfly Burning (1998), and The Stone Virgins (2002). According to the African Studies Center at University of Leiden, "her novels are known for their poetic prose, difficult subject-matter, and their strong women characters, and are firmly rooted in Zimbabwe's difficult past." For these reasons, she has been widely studied and appreciated by those studying postcolonial African literature. ## Awards & Honors Kurt Tucholsky Prize Q10402215 ## Quotes by Yvonne Vera > [Time is as necessary for remembering as it is for forgetting. Even the smallest embrace of pain needs time larger than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-vera/time-is-as-necessary-for-remembering-as-it-is-for-forgetting-even-the/) [Yvonne Vera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-vera/) [Embrace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/embrace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/yvonne-vera-92629_embrace_time-is-as-necessary-for-remembering-as_252691.jpg) > [“For me writing is light, a radiance that captures everything in a fine profile. This light searches and illuminates, it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-vera/for-me-writing-is-light-a-radiance-that-captures-everything-in-a-fine/) [Yvonne Vera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-vera/) [Light](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/light/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/yvonne-vera-92629_light_for-me-writing-is-light-a-radiance-that_2388781.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-vera/#itemlist", "name": "Yvonne Vera Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Time is as necessary for remembering as it is for forgetting. Even the smallest embrace of pain needs time larger than a pause; the greatest pause requires an eternity, the greatest hurt a lifetime. 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