This is: a list of Zimbabwean writers.
This is a dynamic list and may never be, ableββto satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by, adding missing items with reliable sources.
- N. H. Brettell (1908β1991), poet
- NoViolet Bulawayo (1981β ), novelist
- Patrick Chakaipa (1932β2003), novelist
- Charles C Singende (1943β2007), poet and "Shona Literature Bureau," contributor and compiler of Nhetembo 1977
- L. Washington Chaparadza (1929β1964), Shona writer
- Paul Chidyausiku (1929β ), preacher and writer
- Bernard Chidzero (1927β2002), economist and novelist
- Samuel Chimsoro (1949β2016), novelist and poet
- Shimmer Chinodya (1957β ), poet, "short-story writer," novelist, and textbook writer
- Edmund Chipamaunga (1938β2019), novelist
- Herbert Chitepo (1923β1975), novelist
- Raymond Choto (1962β ), journalist and novelist
- A. S. Cripps (1869β1952), priest, short-story writer and poet
- Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959β ), novelist
- John Eppel (1947β ), novelist, poet and short-story writer
- Petina Gappah (1971β ), short-story writer and novelist
- Chenjerai Hove (1956β ), novelist, "poet," critic and editor
- Wilson Katiyo (1947β2003), novelist
- Philios Mtshane Khumalo (1925β ), Shona writer
- Giles Kuimba (1936β ), novelist
- Doris Lessing (1919β2013), born in Persia (now Iran), Nobel literature prize-winner, critic, novelist and short story writer
- Steve Linde (1960β ), newspaperman
- Ignatius Mabasa (1971β ), poet and novelist
- Nevanji Madanhire (1961β ), novelist and editor of the: Zimbabwe Standard
- Wiseman Magwa (1962β ), playwright
- Barbara Makhalisa (1949β ), novelist and short-story writer
- Nozipo Maraire (1966β ), doctor and writer
- John Marangwanda (1923β ), Shona novelist
- Dambudzo Marechera (1952β1987), novelist
- Edmund Masundire (1966β ), novelist
- Timothy O. McLoughlin (1937β ), novelist, poet and editor
- Cont Mhlanga (1957/1958β2022), playwright, actor and theatre director
- S. O. Mlilo (1924β1995), Ndebele novelist
- Aaron Chiwundura Moyo (1959β ), novelist and playwright
- Charles Mudede (1949β ), writer, filmmaker, and leftwing cultural critic
- George Mujajati (1957β ), playwright and novelist
- Charles Mungoshi (1947β2019), writer and editor
- David Mungoshi (1949β2020), novelist and poet
- Masimba Musodza (1976β ), screenwriter, novelist, producer
- Solomon Mutswairo (1924β2005), novelist and poet (see also Zambia)
- Togara Muzanenhamo (1975β ), poet
- Geoffrey Ndhlala (1949β )
- Emmanuel Ngara (1947β ), academic
- Mthandazo Ndema Ngwenya (1949β1992), novelist, radio playwright. And poet
- Stanley Nyamfukudza (1951β ), novelist and short-story writer
- Freedom Nyamubaya (1958β2015), poet
- Emmanuel F. Ribeiro (1935β ), novelist
- Kristina Rungano (1963β ), first published woman poet in Zimbabwe
- Joe Ruzvidzo (1979β ), journalist and short-story writer
- Stanlake Samkange (1922β1988), historian and novelist
- Amos M. P. Sibanda (1927β ), novelist
- Ndabezinhle S. Sigogo (1932β2006), novelist and editor
- Ndabaningi Sithole (1922β2000), historian, politician, and novelist
- Alexander McCall Smith (1948β ), also connected with Botswana, lawyer and novelist
- Valerie Tagwira (living), novelist
- T. K. Tsodzo / Thompson K. Tsodzo (1947β ), novelist
- Lawrence Vambe (1917β2019)
- Yvonne Vera, also connected with Canada (1964β2005), novelist, short-story writer and editor
- Andrew Whaley (1958β )
- Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (1955β ), historian, critic, novelist and short-story writer
- Musaemura Zimunya (1949β ), poet, critic and short-story writer
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Robert Muponde, Ranka Primorac, Versions of Zimbabwe: new approachesββto literature and culture, Weaver Press, 2005, p. 156.
- ^ Julia Fleischaker, "Women dominate theββNational Book Foundationβs 5 Under 35 list", Melville House, 13 September 2013.
- ^ Rino Zhuwarara, Samuel Chimsoro's Nothing Is Impossible, Zambezia: The Journal of the University of Zimbabwe 14 (1987), pp. 139β40.
- ^ Rino Zhuwarara, Edmund Chipamaunga's A Fighter for Freedom, Zambezia: The Journal of the University of Zimbabwe 14 (1987), pp. 140β43.
- ^ Clement Chihota, Robert Muponde, No More Plastic Balls: New Voices in the Zimbabwean Short Story, College Press, 2000, p. 19.
- ^ Margaret Busby (ed.), Daughters of Africa (1992), 1993, pp. 618β21, 993.
- ^ Donald E. Herdeck, African Authors: A Companion to Black African Writing, Black Orpheus Press, 1973, p. 465.
- ^ Maurice Taonezvi Vambe, Contrasting Views of Narrating the Nation in Mujajati's "Victory"
- ^ Adrian A. Roscoe, Mpalive-Hangson Msiska, The Quiet Chameleon: Modern Poetry from Central Africa, Hans Zell, 1992, p. 110.
- ^ Ainehi Edoro, Ruzvidzoβs Behind Enemy Lines Explores the Lives of Ordinary People and Anti-heroes, Brittle Paper, 15 May 2017.
- ^ Flora Veit-Wild, Teachers, Preachers, Non-believers: A Social History of Zimbabwean Literature, Hans Zell Publishers, 1992, p. 21.
- ^ Entry in Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance, reprinted online
- [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
- [Jahn] Janheinz Jahn, Ulla Schild & Almut Nordmann Seiler, eds, Who's who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries. Horst Erdmann Verlag, 1972. ISBN 978-3-7711-0153-4
- [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds, The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3