List of Zimbabwean women writers
This is a list of Zimbabwean women writers, including writers either from or associated with Zimbabwe.
B
[edit]- Catherine Buckle (born 1957), writer and blogger
- NoViolet Bulawayo (born 1981), novelist
- D. E. Borrell (born 1928), poet
C
[edit]- Panashe Chigumadzi (born 1991), journalist, essayist and novelist
- Hazel Crane (1951–2003), memoirist
- Judy Croome (born 1958), novelist, short-story writer and poet
D
[edit]- Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 1959), novelist and filmmaker
- Doris Dube[1]
F
[edit]- Alexandra Fuller (born 1969)
G
[edit]- Petina Gappah (born 1971), short-story writer and novelist
H
[edit]- Heidi Holland (1947–2012), journalist and author
L
[edit]- Doris Lessing (1919–2013), novelist, poet, playwright, biographer and short-story writer
- Lauren Liebenberg (born 1972), novelist
M
[edit]- Barbara Makhalisa (born 1949), novelist, writer, editor
- Isabella Matambanadzo (born 1973)
- Diana Mitchell (1932–2016), political activist and writer
- Mavis Moyo (born 1929), broadcaster, radio journalist and media worker
- Sharai Mukonoweshuro (1939–2014)
N
[edit]- Ngwenya Tsitsi Nomsa (born 1977)[2]
- Zodwa Nyoni (born c. 1988)
- Sekai Nzenza (living)
P
[edit]- Gertrude Page (1872–1922), novelist
- Virginia Phiri (born 1954)
R
[edit]- Kristina Rungano (born 1963), poet and short story writer
S
[edit]- Irene Sabatini (living), fiction writer
- Patricia Schonstein (born 1952), novelist, poet, author of children's books
- Olivia Mahwaya Sibanda (born 1979)[3]
- Lauren St John (born 1966), children's novelist
- Irene Staunton, publisher, editor, researcher and writer
T
[edit]- Valerie Tagwira (living), obstetrician-gynecologist and novelist
- Tererai Trent (born c. 1965)
- Novuyo Tshuma (born 1988), short story writer
V
[edit]- Yvonne Vera (1964–2005), novelist
W
[edit]- Ellah Wakatama Allfrey (born 1966), editor, critic and journalist
- Merna Wilson, novelist, poet and journalist
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dube, Doris (2011). Golide : gogo khokho-- lived, loved & left a legacy. Barbara Nkala. Harare, Zimbabwe: Radiant Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-7974-4660-1. OCLC 781940002.
- ^ Ngwenya, Tsitsi Nomsa (2016). Izinyawo zayizolo. Harare. ISBN 978-0-7974-7241-9. OCLC 960043403.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Sibanda, Olivia Mahwaya (2020). Umkhosi wenhliziyo. Harare, Zimbabwe. ISBN 978-1-77925-359-0. OCLC 1264735172.
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