Mwangi Ruheni

Mwangi Ruheni is the pseudonym of Kenyan novelist Nicholas Muraguri (b. 1934[1]) best known for his novels The Minister's Daughter (1975) and The Future Leaders (1973) which were published as part of the African Writers Series.[1][2] Muraguri was trained as a chemist, and spent 22 years as the Chief Government Chemist of Kenya.

Early life and education

Muragari attended Mang'u High School. He then when on to Makerere University in Uganda, where he studie Botany Zoology and Chemistry and became editor of the schools' creative writing journal, the St. Augustine's Newsletter.[2] He then received a Master's degree in Chemistry between 1957-1959, a MSc in forensic Science at the University of Strathclyde.[2]

Career

Before becoming a novelist, Rubheni trained a scientist and had no literary background.[2] Despite this his novels did very well with both popular and academics, Ruheni is not very forthcoming and about his literary career.[2]

He worked as a scientist in the civil service eventually becoming Chief Government Chemist, staying largely out of the public eye through most of his career, only publicly connecting himself to his pseudonym in a 1995 interview.[2] His book Random Thoughts is largely a commentary on the literary and publishing industries.[2]

Works

The following is a list of works by Ruheni:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Simon Gikandi; Evan Mwangi (14 August 2012). "Ruheni Mwangi". The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945. Columbia University Press. pp. 338–339. ISBN 978-0-231-50064-7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "The novelist with a phobia for publicity". The Daily Nation. 2014-01-31.

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