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词条 Hilda Twongyeirwe
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Femrite

  3. Writing career

  4. Published works

     Novels  Short stories  Poetry 

  5. Books edited

  6. References

  7. External links

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}}Hilda Twongyeirwe is a Ugandan writer and editor.[1] For ten years, she taught English language and literature in secondary school before she retired to do development work in 2003. She is an editor, a published author of short stories and poetry, and a recipient of a Certificate of Recognition (2008) from the National Book Trust of Uganda for her children's book, Fina the Dancer. She is currently the coordinator of FEMRITE, an organisation she participated in founding in 1995. She has edited fiction and creative nonfiction works, the most recent ones being I Dare to Say: African Women Share Their Stories of Hope and Survival (2012) and Taboo? Voices of Women on Female Genital Mutilation (2013).[2]

Early life and education

Twongyeirwe was born in Kabale district, south-west Uganda, in Kacerere near Lake Bunyonyi. She graduated with an honours degree in social sciences and a master's degree in public administration and management from Makerere University.[3]

Femrite

She has been a member of FEMRITE since its inception,joining while still a student at Makerere University.[3][4] She is currently the coordinator of FEMRITE. She has edited fiction and creative nonfiction works, the most recent ones being I Dare to Say: African Women Share Their Stories of Hope and Survival (2012)[5]

and Taboo? Voices of Women on Female Genital Mutilation (2013).[2]

She has taken part in a number of projects by FEMRITE over the years, to promote reading and writing, especially in secondary and primary schools.[6]

Writing career

Hilda has published a children's book, Fina the Dancer (2007), which was awarded a certificate of recognition as an outstanding piece of literature for children, and other books in Runyankole Rukiga for primary one and two. Her poetry has appeared in various journals and magazines, including "The Threshold by the Nile", in the Poster Poetry Project anthology. She has published a number of stories with FEMRITE: "Becoming a Woman" in 1998, "Headlines" in 2001, "The Pumpkin Seed" in Pumpkin Seeds, and many more.[7]

She was a mentor in the 2013 Writivism workshop.[8] Her story "Baking the National Cake" was published in October 2013 as part of the Words Without Borders project of work by women writing in indigenous African languages.[9][10]

Published works

Novels

  • {{cite book|title=Fina, the Dancer | publisher= Sasa Sema Publications| year= 2007| isbn= 9789970039609}}

Short stories

  • "Let It Be an Angel", in {{cite book|title=Summoning the Rains|editors=Hilda Twongyeirwe and Ellen Banda-Aaku|publisher= Femrite Publications|year= 2012|ISBN= 9789970700257}}
  • "And If", in {{cite book|title=World of Our Own and other stories|editor=Hilda Twongyeirwe|publisher= Femrite Publications|year= 2012|ISBN= 9789970700257}}
  • "The Intrigue", in {{cite book|title=I Dare Say: African Women Share Their Stories of Hope and Survival|editor=Hilda Twongyeirwe|publisher= Lawrence Hill Books/Chicago|year= 2012|ISBN= 978-1-56976-842-6}}
  • "Till we find our voices", in {{cite book|title=Never Too Late|editors= Hilda Twongyeirwe and Aaron Mushengyezi | publisher= Femrite Publications|year= 2011|ISBN= 9789970700233}}
  • "Headlines", in {{cite book|title=Tales from my Motherland|editors=Peter Wasamba, Harriet Mugambi and Jane Bwoya|publisher= The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, Nairobi Kenya|year= 2010|ISBN=9789966228451}}
  • "This Time Tomorrow", in {{cite book|title=Farming Ashes: Tales of Agony and Resilience|editors=Violet Barungi and Hilda Twongyeirwe|publisher= Femrite Publications|year= 2009|ISBN= 9789970700202}}
  • "The Intrigue", in {{cite book|title=Beyond the Dance: Voices of women on female genital mutilation|editors=Violet Barungi and Hilda Twongyeirwe|publisher= Femrite Publications|year= 2009|ISBN= 9789970700196}}
  • "Making Ends Meet", in {{cite book|title=Talking Tales |editor=Violet Barungi|publisher= Femrite Publications|year=2009|ISBN= 9789970700219}}
  • "The Pumpkin Seed", in {{cite book|title=Pumpkin Seeds and Other Gifts:Stories from the FEMRITE Regional Writers Residency, 2008|editors=Helen Moffett and Violet Barungi|publisher= Femrite Publications|year=2009|ISBN= 9789970700226}}
  • "Headlines", in {{cite book|title=Words from a Granary|editor=Violet Barungi|publisher= Femrite Publications|year=2001|ISBN= 9789970700011}}
  • "Becoming a Woman", in {{cite book|title=A Woman's Voice|editor=Karooro Okurut|publisher= Femrite Publications|year=1998|ISBN= 9789970901036}}
  • "Baking the National Cake", wordswithoutborders.org, 2013

Poetry

  • "In conversation", "New Tarmac", in {{cite book|title=A Thousand Voices Rising: An anthology of contemporary African poetry|editor=Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva|publisher= BN Poetry Foundation|year= 2014|ISBN= 978-9970-9234-0-3}}
  • "Sometime, I hear your Voice Mama", in {{cite book|title=An Anthology of New Work by African Women Poets|editors=Anthonia C. Kalu, Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi and Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka|publisher= Lynne Rienner Publications|year= 2013|ISBN= 978-1-58826-868-6}}
  • "Mama's Garden of Beans, Papa's Hands, Who Litters?" in {{cite book|title=The Butterfly Dance: Words and Sounds of Colour |editors= Okaka Dokatum and Rose Rwakasisi|publisher= Femrite Publications|year=2009 |ISBN= 978-9970-700-18-9}}
  • "By the Nile, Threshold", in {{cite book|title=Painted Voices: A collage of art and poetry, volume II |publisher= Femrite Publications|year=2009 |ISBN= 978-9970-700-18-9}}
  • "In Conversation, Breaking Order", in Post-colonial text Volume 8, No. 1 (2013).

Books edited

  • {{cite book|title= Taboo? Voices of Women on Female Genital Mutilation |editor=Hilda Twongyeirwe|publisher= |year= 2013|ISBN= }}
  • {{cite book|title=I Dare Say|editor=Hilda Twongyeirwe|publisher= Lawrence Hill Books/Chicago|year= 2012|ISBN= 978-1-56976-842-6}}
  • {{cite book|title=Summoning the Rains|editors=Hilda Twongyeirwe and Ellen Banda-Aaku|publisher= Femrite Publications|year= 2012|ISBN= 9789970700257}}
  • {{cite book|title=Word of Our Own and other stories|editor=Hilda Twongyeirwe|publisher= Femrite Publications|year= 2012|ISBN= 9789970700257}}
  • {{cite book|title=Never Too Late|editors=Hilda Twongyeirwe and Aaron Mushengyezi|publisher= Femrite Publications|year= 2011|ISBN= 9789970700233}}
  • {{cite book|title=Beyond the Dance: Voices of women on female genital mutilation|editors=Violet Barungi and Hilda Twongyeirwe|publisher= Femrite Publications|year= 2009|ISBN= 9789970700196}}
  • {{cite book|title=Faming Ashes: Tales of Agony and Resilience|editors=Violet Barungi and Hilda Twongyeirwe|publisher= Femrite Publications|year= 2009|ISBN= 9789970700202}}

References

1. ^"Hilda Twongyeirwe ", African Books Collective. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
2. ^1 "Hilda Twongyeirwe", Words Without Borders. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
3. ^1 "Beatrice Speaks to Hilda Twongyeirwe", AfroLit, 6 March 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
4. ^"The History Of FEMRITE" femriteug.org. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
5. ^"Titles by Hilda Twongyeirwe", Chicago Review Press. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
6. ^"About Femrite", March 6, 2009, Femrite. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
7. ^"Books they read: Hilda Twongyeirwe", monitor.co.ug, 4 September 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
8. ^"Writivism Mentorship Programme", CACEAfrica, 23 January 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
9. ^"October 2013: African Women, Indigenous Languages", wordswithoutborders.org, October 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
10. ^Carmen McCain, "Words Without Borders Draws Attention to African Women Writing in Indigenous Languages", A Tunanina…, 12 October 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.

External links

  • "Ms. Hilda Twongyeirwe"
  • "Asian, African writers discuss cultural globalisation"
  • "Possessing the Secret of Joy and Authors in Uganda. FGM, choice – or coercion?"
  • "Femrite flags off first writers’ caravan"
  • "Moulding female writers in Africa"
  • "Book on African women gives power back to victims"
  • "Summoning the Rains, Hilda Twongyeirwe and Ellen Banda-Aaku (eds)"
  • "Ugandan Women Writers Shine But Where Are Men?"
  • Hilda Twongyeirwe [https://twitter.com/twongye at Twitter] @twongye
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