List of Zimbabwean writers

This is a list of Zimbabwean writers.

• N. H. Brettell (1908–1991), poet.^[1]
• Patrick Chakaipa (1932–2003), novelist^{[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– ), novelist and poet.^[2]
• Shimmer Chinodya (1957– ), poet, short story writer, novelist, and textbook writer.^[Gikandi]
• Edmund Chipamaunga (1938– ), novelist.^[3]
• 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]
• Wilson Katiyo (1947/49– ), novelist.^[Gikandi]
• Philios Mtshane Khumalo (1925– ), Shona writer.^[Jahn]
• Giles Kuimba (born 1936), novelist^{[Gikandi] [Jahn]}
• 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.^{[Jahn] [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]
• Masimba Musodza (1976– ), screenwriter, novelist, producer
• 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]
• Emmanuel F. Ribeiro (1935– ), novelist.^[Jahn]
• Kristina Rungano (1963– ), the first published woman poet in Zimbabwe.
• Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988), historian and novelist.^{[Gikandi] [Jahn]}
• Amos M. P. Sibanda (1927– ), novelist.^[Jahn]
• Ben Sibenke (1945– ), playwright.^[9]
• Ndabezinhle S. Sigogo (1932–2006), novelist and editor.^{[Gikandi] [Jahn]}
• Ndabaningi Sithole (1922–2000), historian, politician, and novelist.^{[Gikandi] [Jahn]}
• 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 (born 1955), historian, critic, novelist and short story writer.
• Musaemura Zimunya (born 1949), poet, critic and short story writer.^[Gikandi]

See also

• List of African writers by country
• List of Zimbabweans

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. [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
3. [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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