| 词条 | Tony Mochama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| image = | caption = | name = Tony Mochama | birth_name = Tony Adam Mochama | nickname = Smitta Smitten | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1975|5|9|}} | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Kenyan | alma_mater = Herzen University, University of Nairobi, Starehe Boys' Centre and School, | occupation = Author, writer, poet, journalist }}Tony Adam Mochama (born 9 May 1975) is a Kenyan poet, writer, author and a senior journalist[1] at the Standard Media Group Kenya.[2] Mochama is a three-time winner of the Burt Awards[3] for African Young Adult Literature and he is also a recipient of Miles Morland Writing Scholarship.[4][5] EducationMochama attended Catholic Primary School and graduated in 1993 from the Starehe Boys’ Centre[6] founded by the late Geoffrey Griffin who spotted his creative talent.[7] He studied Law at the University of Nairobi from 1997 until 2001 before shifting his focus to creative writing and journalism. He attended Herzen University Summer Literary Seminars to hone his creative writing between 2003 and 2006. CareerIn the early 2003, Mochama began to work for ‘eXpression Today,’ a bi-weekly newspaper dedicated mostly to the issues of press freedom. He was also a freelance correspondent for The Nation Newspapers handling human interest features as well as theatre and book reviews. In the same year, he moved to Standard Media Group (SMG) where he became a senior writer and now runs four weekly columns. He has published up to ten books including A Jacket for Ahmet (2017) and 2063 – Last Mile Bet, Afro-futuristic (2018). Mochama is the Secretary General of PEN (Kenya), an association of writers and subsidiary of PEN International.[8] He was a Kenyan delegate at the 82nd PEN Congress, Ourense Spain in 2016. He attended the summer program scholarship under the Summer Literary Seminars (SLS) to study creative writing at the Herzen University, Saint Petersburg, Russia in classes run by creative writers such as George Saunders. Mochama would attend three more SLS seminars between 2004 and 2006, to perfect his craft in both prose and poetry. He was a resident poet at the Ca’Foscari University, Venezia, Italy in 2013. He has also visited Canada, London, Portugal and (Germany) under different literary activities as a speaker, reader and facilitator.[9] Court CaseIn 2014, Mochama was alleged of sexually assaulting the Asian-Kenyan poet and feminist activist Shailja Patel.[10] Prof. Wambui Mwangi led the public uproar, which permeated Twitter for days, following the accusation. Later the Nairobi CID overturned the case by officially concluding it as both malicious and an afterthought. Mochama sued Shailja Patel and Prof. Wambui Mwangi in an ongoing lawsuit for four million in punitive damage to his reputation under the Civil Suit number 399 of 2015.[11] Literary Work
Literary Awards
References1. ^Tony Ontita Mochama Rugano Books. Retrieved 14 March 2018. 2. ^[https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/author/Tony-Mochama Tony Mochama] Standard Digital. Retrieved 8 March 2018. 3. ^Tony Mochama Wins This Year’s African Literature Award FevaTV. Retrieved 15 March 2018. 4. ^[https://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/artculture/BY-THE-BOOK-Literary-Gangster-Tony-Mochama/1954194-4153732-vp0kb0z/index.html BY THE BOOK: ‘Literary Gangster’ Tony Mochama] Daily Nation. Retrieved 8 March 2018. 5. ^[https://milesmorlandfoundation.com/tony-mochama-2013/ Tony Mochama 2013 Winner] Miles Morland Foundation. Retrieved 15 March 2018. 6. ^[https://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/weekend/Time-to-write-to-the-heart-of-the-country/1220-3296510-47mwv5/index.html Now is the time to write to the heart of the country] Daily Nation. Retrieved 14 March 2018. 7. ^.Kenya: Griffin's Hands Moulded Top Leaders. All Africa. Retrieved 14 March 2018. 8. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyeWJWqUt8I TONY MOCHAMA aka SMITTA SMITTEN spills the beans] KBC English Service. Retrieved 15 March 2018. 9. ^Tony Mochama (Kenya) KPF 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2018. 10. ^[https://gukira.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/sexual-violence-committed-by-tony-mochama-upon-the-person-of-shailja-patel/ Alleged Sexual Violence Committed by Tony Mochama upon the Person of Shailja Patel] Gukira. Retrieved 15 March 2018. 11. ^[https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2015/04/03/tony-mochama-on-why-he-is-suing-over-sexual-assault-case_c1112074 Tony Mochama on why he is suing over sexual assault case] The Star. Retrieved 15 March 2018. 12. ^2014 Winners Sanaa Theatre Awards. Retrieved 15 March 2018. 13. ^Fiction Contest Leapfrog Press. Retrieved 15 March 2018. External links
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