List of Zimbabwean writers
This is a list of Zimbabwean writers.
- N. H. Brettell (1908–1991), poet[1]
- NoViolet Bulawayo (1981– ), novelist [2]
- Patrick Chakaipa (1932–2003), novelist[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Charles C Singende (1943–2007), poet and Shona Literature Bureau, contributor and compiler of Nhetembo 1977[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- L. Washington Chaparadza (1929–1964), Shona writer[Jahn]
- Paul Chidyausiku (1929– ), preacher and writer[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Bernard Chidzero (1927–2002), economist and novelist[Gikandi]
- Samuel Chimsoro (1949–2016), novelist and poet[3]
- Shimmer Chinodya (1957– ), poet, short-story writer, novelist, and textbook writer[Gikandi]
- Edmund Chipamaunga (1938–2019), novelist[4]
- Herbert Chitepo (1923–1975), novelist
- Raymond Choto (1962– ), journalist and novelist[Gikandi]
- A. S. Cripps (1869–1952), priest, short-story writer and poet
- Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959– ), novelist[Gikandi]
- John Eppel (1947– ), novelist, poet and short-story writer
- Petina Gappah (1971– ), short-story writer and novelist
- Chenjerai Hove (1956– ), novelist, poet, critic and editor[Gikandi]
- Wilson Katiyo (1947–2003), novelist[Gikandi]
- Philios Mtshane Khumalo (1925– ), Shona writer[Jahn]
- Giles Kuimba (1936– ), novelist[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Doris Lessing (1919–2013), born in Persia (now Iran), Nobel literature prize-winner, critic, novelist and short story writer[Gikandi]
- Steve Linde (1960– ), newspaperman
- Ignatius Mabasa (1971– ), poet and novelist[Gikandi]
- Nevanji Madanhire (1961– ), novelist and editor of the Zimbabwe Standard[5]
- Wiseman Magwa (1962– ), playwright[Gikandi]
- Barbara Makhalisa (1949– ), novelist and short-story writer[6]
- Nozipo Maraire (1966– ), doctor and writer
- John Marangwanda (1923– ), Shona novelist[Jahn] [7]
- Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987), novelist[Gikandi]
- Edmund Masundire (1966– ), novelist[Gikandi]
- Timothy O. McLoughlin (1937– ), novelist, poet and editor[Killam & Rowe]
- Cont Mhlanga (1957/1958–2022), playwright, actor and theatre director
- S. O. Mlilo (1924–1995), Ndebele novelist[Gikandi]
- Aaron Chiwundura Moyo (1959– ), novelist and playwright[Gikandi]
- Charles Mudede (1949– ), writer, filmmaker, and leftwing cultural critic
- George Mujajati (1957– ), playwright and novelist[8]
- Charles Mungoshi (1947–2019), writer and editor[Gikandi]
- David Mungoshi (1949–2020), novelist and poet
- Masimba Musodza (1976– ), screenwriter, novelist, producer
- Solomon Mutswairo (1924–2005), novelist and poet (see also Zambia)[Gikandi]
- Togara Muzanenhamo (1975– ), poet
- Geoffrey Ndhlala (1949– )[Killam & Rowe]
- Emmanuel Ngara (1947– ), academic
- Mthandazo Ndema Ngwenya (1949–1992), novelist, radio playwright and poet[Gikandi]
- Stanley Nyamfukudza (1951– ), novelist and short-story writer[Gikandi]
- Freedom Nyamubaya (1958–2015), poet[9]
- Emmanuel F. Ribeiro (1935– ), novelist[Jahn]
- Kristina Rungano (1963– ), first published woman poet in Zimbabwe
- Joe Ruzvidzo (1979– ), journalist and short-story writer [10]
- Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988), historian and novelist[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Amos M. P. Sibanda (1927– ), novelist[Jahn]
- Ndabezinhle S. Sigogo (1932–2006), novelist and editor[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Ndabaningi Sithole (1922–2000), historian, politician, and novelist[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Alexander McCall Smith (1948– ), also connected with Botswana, lawyer and novelist
- Valerie Tagwira (living), novelist
- T. K. Tsodzo / Thompson K. Tsodzo (1947– ), novelist[Gikandi]
- Lawrence Vambe (1917–2019)[11]
- Yvonne Vera, also connected with Canada (1964–2005), novelist, short-story writer and editor[Gikandi]
- Andrew Whaley (1958– )[12]
- Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (1955– ), historian, critic, novelist and short-story writer
- Musaemura Zimunya (1949– ), poet, critic and short-story writer[Gikandi]
See also
References
- ^ Robert Muponde, Ranka Primorac, Versions of Zimbabwe: new approaches to literature and culture, Weaver Press, 2005, p. 156.
- ^ Julia Fleischaker, "Women dominate the National Book Foundation’s 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. 139–40.
- ^ Rino Zhuwarara, Edmund Chipamaunga's A Fighter for Freedom, Zambezia: The Journal of the University of Zimbabwe 14 (1987), pp. 140–43.
- ^ 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. 618–21, 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, Ruzvidzo’s 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