birth_place nationality notableworks birth_date genre article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
masaka , uganda ugandan the people 's bachelor ; the bride 10 february 1944 novels , plays , poetry austin bukenya
 austin bukenya writer makerere university
austin bukenya

austin bukenya -lrb- born 10 february 1944 -rrb- is a ugandan poet , playwright , novelist and academic .
he is the author of the novel `` the people 's bachelor '' , and a play , `` the bride '' .
he has taught languages , literature and drama at makerere university in uganda and universities in the uk , tanzania and kenya since the late 1960s .
he has also held residences at universities in rwanda and germany .
bukenya is also a literary critic , novelist , poet and dramatist .
an accomplished stage and screen actor , he was for several years director of the creative and performing arts centre at kenyatta university , nairobi .
