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Writer Stanley Ruzvidzo Mupfudza dies
Shepherd Chabata, The Zimbo Jam
May 06, 2010

http://zimbojam.com/culture/literary-news/1385-writer-stanley-ruzvidzo-mupfudza-dies.html

Author, teacher and journalist, Stanley Ruzvidzo Mupfudza, always an optimist, died on Monday morning (3 May) at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare after a prolonged spate of ill health. He was 39.

Born on January 4th 1971 in Guruve, and initimately known as Mhofu, Mupfudza graduated from the University of Zimbabwe in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in English, a subject he went on to teach for eight years at Oriel Boys High School.

Mupfudza then joined the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation as chief producer of social and cultural programmes for children's programming, then known as Kidznet. After that he worked at the world renowned advertising agency DDD Hash 3 as a copywriter. He left at the end of 2008 after the company scaled down due to the harsh economic environment in Zimbabwe at the time.

Mupfudza wrote several short stories including Pictures of Madness, Pieces of a Jigsaw Puzzle and Cockroaches among many others. As his professional career blossomed his artistic portfolio grew and he became well known on the literary arts scene. Some of his work was featured in local and international anthologies such as Writing Still, Writing Now and Dreams, Miracles and Jazz. He was also a contributor to The Zimbo Jam's sister site Zimbablog.

At the time of his death, Mupfudza was manager of the legal publications unit at the Legal Resources Foundation. He is survived by two sons.

He was buried in his home area, Mufudza Village in Guruve yesterday afternoon. As mourners gathered at his sister's house, 17 Cavel Drive in Southerton, this week, the online community was mourning in its own way, posting messages on his Facebook page and writing tributes on other fora.

And to Mhofu..

The words that you wrote my brother still reverberate in my ears like voices, the pictures that your words painted giggle and dance away into far distance; but the memory of your life touching ours remains. You will forever be missed and may your words continue to inspire the budding writer.

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