List of Zimbabwean writers

This is a list of Zimbabwean writers.

  • N. H. Brettell (1908–1991), poet.[1]
  • NoViolet Bulaweyo (born Elizabeth Zandile Tshele) (1981–). novelist.
  • Patrick Chakaipa (1932–2003). novelist.[Gikandi]
  • Paul Chidyausiku (1929– ), preacher and writer.[Gikandi]
  • Bernard Chidzero (1927–2002), economist and novelist.[Gikandi]
  • Samuel Chimsoro (1949– ), novelist and poet.[2]
  • Shimmer Chinodya (1957– ), poet, short story writer, novelist, and textbook writer.[Gikandi]
  • Edmund Chipamaunga (1938– ), novelist.[3]
  • Memory Chirere (1970–), short story writer, poet and critic
  • 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.
  • Chenjerai Hove (1956– ), novelist, poet, critic and editor.[Gikandi]
  • Adin Kachisi, science fiction writer and poet.
  • Wilson Katiyo (1947/49– ), novelist.[Gikandi]
  • Giles Kuimba (1936– ), novelist.[Gikandi]
  • Doris Lessing, born in Persia (now Iran) (1919– ), novelist and short story writer.[Gikandi]
  • Ignatius Mabasa (1971– ), poet and novelist.[Gikandi]
  • Nevanji Madanhire (1961– ), novelist and editor of the Zimbabwe Standard.[4]
  • Wiseman Magwa (1962– ), playwright.[Gikandi]
  • Barbara Makhalisa (?1940s- ), novelist and short story writer.[5]
  • John Marangwanda (1923– ), Shona novelist.[6]
  • Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987), novelist.[Gikandi]
  • Nozipa Maraire (1966– ), doctor and writer.
  • Edmund Masundire (1966– ), novelist.[Gikandi]
  • Timothy O. McLoughlin (1937– ), novelist, poet and editor.[Killam & Rowe]
  • Cont Mhlanga, playwright, actor and theatre director.
  • S. O. Mlilo (1924–1995), Ndebele novelist.[Gikandi]
  • Aaron Chiwundura Moyo (1959– ), novelist and playwright.[Gikandi]
  • George Mujajati (1957–), playwright and novelist.[7]
  • Charles Mungoshi (1947– ), writer and editor.[Gikandi]
  • Monica Cheru-Mpambawashe (1974–) Writer,editor and poet (kwachirere.blogspot/)
  • Solomon Mutswairo (1924– ) (see also Zambia), novelist and poet.[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– ), poet.[8]
  • Kristina Rungano (1963– ), the first published woman poet in Zimbabwe.
  • Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988), historian and novelist.[Gikandi]
  • Ben Sibenke (1945– ), playwright.[9]
  • Ndabezinhle S. Sigogo (1932–2006), novelist and editor.[Gikandi]
  • Ndabaningi Sithole (1922–2000), historian, politician, and novelist.[Gikandi]
  • Alexander McCall Smith, also connected with Botswana (1948– ), lawyer and novelist.
  • T. K. Tsodzo / Thompson K. Tsodzo (1947– ), novelist.[Gikandi]
  • Lawrence Vambe (1917– ).[10]
  • Yvonne Vera, also connected with Canada (1964–2005), novelist, short story writer and editor.[Gikandi]
  • Andrew Whaley (1958– ).[11]
  • Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (1955– ), historian, critic, novelist and short story writer.
  • Musaemura Zimunya (1949– ), poet, critic and short story writer.[Gikandi]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Robert Muponde, Ranka Primorac, Versions of Zimbabwe: new approaches to literature and culture, Weaver Press, 2005, p. 156.
  2. ↑ Rino Zhuwarara, Samuel Chimsoro's Nothing Is Impossible, Zambezia: The Journal of the University of Zimbabwe 14 (1987), pp. 139–40.
  3. ↑ Rino Zhuwarara, Edmund Chipamaunga's A Fighter for Freedom, Zambezia: The Journal of the University of Zimbabwe 14 (1987), pp. 140–43.
  4. ↑ Clement Chihota, Robert Muponde, No More Plastic Balls: New Voices in the Zimbabwean Short Story, College Press, 2000, p. 19.
  5. ↑ Margaret Busby (ed.), Daughters of Africa (1992), 1993, pp. 618–21, 993.
  6. ↑ Donald E. Herdeck, African Authors: A Companion to Black African Writing, Black Orpheus Press, 1973, p. 465.
  7. ↑ Maurice Taonezvi Vambe, Contrasting Views of Narrating the Nation in Mujajati's "Victory"
  8. ↑ Adrian A. Roscoe, Mpalive-Hangson Msiska, The Quiet Chameleon: Modern Poetry from Central Africa, Hans Zell, 1992, p. 110.
  9. ↑ Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe, Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre, p. 279.
  10. ↑ Flora Veit-Wild, Teachers, Preachers, Non-believers: A Social History of Zimbabwean Literature, Hans Zell Publishers, 1992, p. 21.
  11. ↑ Entry in Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance, reprinted online

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  1. [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
  2. [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3
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