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Search - List of Books by Meja Mwangi
Meja Mwangi (born 1948) is one of Kenya's leading novelists. Mwangi has worked in the film industry, including screenwriting, assistant directing, casting and location management. Mwangi was born in Nanyuki, and was educated at Nanyuki Secondary School, Kenyatta College and the University of Leeds. He then worked on odd-jobs for foreign broadcasters before he turned to full-time writing. He was Fellow in Writing at the University of Iowa (1975-6).
Prizes and Awards more less
Jomo Kenyatta Prize, for Kill Me Quick (1974)
Jomo Kenyatta Prize for, Going Down River Road (1977)
Lotus Award (Afro-Asian Writers' Association) (1978)
Noma Award (honourable mention), for Bread of Sorrow (1989)
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Prize), for Little White Man (1992)
Le Prix Lire au College, for Kariuki (1992)
Jomo Kenyatta Prize for The Last Plague (2001)
National Book Week Award (Kenya) for The Last Plague
Nominated for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, for The Last Plague (2002)
Society of School Librarians International Honor Book Award (USA), for The Mzungu Boy (2005)
American Library Association National Book for Children Award, for The Mzungu Boy (2006)
Children's Africana Book Award (best book for older readers), for The Mzungu Boy (2006)
Kill Me Quick (1973) ISBN 0435901435
Going Down River Road (1976) ISBN 0435901761
The Cockroach Dance (1979) ISBN 0582642760
Carcase for Hounds (1974) ISBN 0435901451
Taste of Death (1975)
The Bushtrackers (1979) ISBN 0582785251
Bread of Sorrow (1987)
The Return of Shaka (1989)
Weapon of Hunger (1989) ISBN 9966498133
Striving for the Wind (1990) ISBN 0435909797
The Last Plague (2000) ISBN 9966250646
Mountain of Bones (2001)
The Boy Gift (2006) ISBN 9781847284716
Mama Dudu, the Insect Woman (2007) ISBN 9781847284686
Baba Pesa (2007) ISBN 9780979647611
The Big Chiefs (2007) ISBN 9780979647635
Gun Runner (2007) ISBN 9780979647604
Power (2009) ISBN 9780979647697
Blood Brothers (2009) ISBN 9780982012604
Out of Africa (1985), assistant director
White Mischief (1987, second assistant director
The Kitchen Toto, casting director
Gorillas in the Mist (1985), assistant director
Shadow On The Sun (1988), location manager
Total Books: 29