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Henry ole Kulet: Award-winning novelist who modelled men from boys
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THE STANDARD By
Mbugua Ng’ang’a |
February 20th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Henry R. ole Kulet [Courtesy]
Because the generations that grew up between the 1970s and 1990s had limited access to television, they had only four main sources of entertainment; outdoor games, radio, storytelling by the hearth and reading novels and storybooks depending on their age.
Back then, there were many Kenyan and African writers who kept their readers captivated. Books changed hands routinely, with the more popular titles having longer waiting times. Henry ole Kulet’s Moran no More and To Be a Man were among the most popular novellas for teenagers in my time, competing for attention alongside such thrillers as The Minister’s Daughter, Across the Bridge and A Brief Assignment.
Renowned author Henry Ole Kulet dies in Nakuru hospital after a short illness February 17th 2021 at 14:43:53 GMT +0300
Henry Ole Kulet, a three time Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature award winning author, has died. Kulet, who was 75 years old, died at MediHeal Hospital in Nakuru last night, after a short illness. Kulet’s writing career spanned 46 years and is well-known for books with captured cultural, environmental and social issues.
Some of Kulet’s published novels include
Blossoms of the Savannah,
The Hunter, Maisha ya Hatari, Moran No More, Vanishing Herds, The Elephant Dance and
Daughter of Maa, a book about a quiet sleepy village driven into frenzy by the arrival of a young beautiful teacher named Annah.
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