Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu

Ugandan poet

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1938

Place of Birth: Uganda

Date of Death: 31-Oct-1979

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Uganda

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu (31 August 1938 – 31 October 1979) was a Ugandan poet and dramatist.
She formed the Ngoma Players, with the policy of writing and producing Ugandan plays, and was actively concerned with the National Theatre.
She belonged to the early generation of English-language Ugandan writers and playwrights that includes novelist Okello Oculi, playwright John Ruganda, and novelist Austin Bukenya.
Her best-known work is the one-act play Keeping up with the Mukasas, included in David Cook's 1965 anthology of East African plays, Origin East Africa.