List of Zimbabwean writers

This is a list of Zimbabwean writers.

• N. H. Brettell (1908–1991), poet
• NoViolet Bulawayo (1981– ), novelist
• Patrick Chakaipa (1932–2003), novelist
• Charles C Singende (1943–2007), poet and Shona Literature Bureau, contributor and compiler of Nhetembo 1977
• L. Washington Chaparadza (1929–1964), Shona writer
• Paul Chidyausiku (1929– ), preacher and writer
• Bernard Chidzero (1927–2002), economist and novelist
• Samuel Chimsoro (1949–2016), novelist and poet
• Shimmer Chinodya (1957– ), poet, short-story writer, novelist, and textbook writer
• Edmund Chipamaunga (1938–2019), novelist
• Herbert Chitepo (1923–1975), novelist
• Raymond Choto (1962– ), journalist and novelist
• A. S. Cripps (1869–1952), priest, short-story writer and poet
• Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959– ), novelist
• John Eppel (1947– ), novelist, poet and short-story writer
• Harold Farmer (1943- ), poet
• Petina Gappah (1971– ), short-story writer and novelist
• Chenjerai Hove (1956–2015), novelist, poet, critic and editor
• Wilson Katiyo (1947–2003), novelist
• Philios Mtshane Khumalo (1925– ), Shona writer
• Giles Kuimba (1936– ), novelist
• Doris Lessing (1919–2013), born in Persia (now Iran), Nobel literature prize-winner, critic, novelist and short story writer
• Steve Linde (1960– ), newspaperman
• Ignatius Mabasa (1971– ), poet and novelist
• Nevanji Madanhire (1961– ), novelist and editor of the Zimbabwe Standard
• Wiseman Magwa (1962– ), playwright
• Barbara Makhalisa (1949– ), novelist and short-story writer
• Nozipo Maraire (1966– ), doctor and writer
• John Marangwanda (1923–?), Shona novelist
• Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987), novelist
• Edmund Masundire (1966– ), novelist
• Timothy O. McLoughlin (1937– ), novelist, poet and editor
• Cont Mhlanga (1957/1958–2022), playwright, actor and theatre director
• S. O. Mlilo (1924–1995), Ndebele novelist
• Aaron Chiwundura Moyo (1959– ), novelist and playwright
• Charles Mudede (1949– ), writer, filmmaker, and leftwing cultural critic
• George Mujajati (1957– ), playwright and novelist
• Charles Mungoshi (1947–2019), writer and editor
• David Mungoshi (1949–2020), novelist and poet
• Masimba Musodza (1976– ), screenwriter, novelist, producer
• Solomon Mutswairo (1924–2005), novelist and poet (see also Zambia)
• Togara Muzanenhamo (1975– ), poet
• Geoffrey Ndhlala (1949– )
• Emmanuel Ngara (1947– ), academic
• Mthandazo Ndema Ngwenya (1949–1992), novelist, radio playwright and poet
• Stanley Nyamfukudza (1951– ), novelist and short-story writer
• Freedom Nyamubaya (1958–2015), poet
• Emmanuel F. Ribeiro (1935–2021), novelist
• Kristina Rungano (1963– ), first published woman poet in Zimbabwe
• Joe Ruzvidzo (1979– ), journalist and short-story writer
• Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988), historian and novelist
• Amos M. P. Sibanda (1927– ), novelist
• Ndabezinhle S. Sigogo (1932–2006), novelist and editor
• Ndabaningi Sithole (1922–2000), historian, politician, and novelist
• Alexander McCall Smith (1948– ), also connected with Botswana, lawyer and novelist
• Valerie Tagwira (living), novelist
• T. K. Tsodzo / Thompson K. Tsodzo (1947– ), novelist
• Lawrence Vambe (1917–2019)
• Yvonne Vera, also connected with Canada (1964–2005), novelist, short-story writer and editor
• Andrew Whaley (1958– )
• Merna Wilson, novelist and poet.
• Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (1955– ), historian, critic, novelist and short-story writer
• Musaemura Zimunya (1949– ), poet, critic and short-story writer

See also

• Zimbabwean literature

References

External links

• at Poetry International Web.
• Authors at Reading Zimbabwe