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  • 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]
  1. ^ Robert Muponde, Ranka Primorac, Versions of Zimbabwe: new approaches to literature and culture, Weaver Press, 2005, p. 156.
  2. ^ Julia Fleischaker, "Women dominate the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 list", Melville House, 13 September 2013.
  3. ^ Rino Zhuwarara, Samuel Chimsoro's Nothing Is Impossible, Zambezia: The Journal of the University of Zimbabwe 14 (1987), pp. 139–40.
  4. ^ Rino Zhuwarara, Edmund Chipamaunga's A Fighter for Freedom, Zambezia: The Journal of the University of Zimbabwe 14 (1987), pp. 140–43.
  5. ^ Clement Chihota, Robert Muponde, No More Plastic Balls: New Voices in the Zimbabwean Short Story, College Press, 2000, p. 19.
  6. ^ Margaret Busby (ed.), Daughters of Africa (1992), 1993, pp. 618–21, 993.
  7. ^ Donald E. Herdeck, African Authors: A Companion to Black African Writing, Black Orpheus Press, 1973, p. 465.
  8. ^ Maurice Taonezvi Vambe, Contrasting Views of Narrating the Nation in Mujajati's "Victory"
  9. ^ Adrian A. Roscoe, Mpalive-Hangson Msiska, The Quiet Chameleon: Modern Poetry from Central Africa, Hans Zell, 1992, p. 110.
  10. ^ Ainehi Edoro, Ruzvidzo’s Behind Enemy Lines Explores the Lives of Ordinary People and Anti-heroes, Brittle Paper, 15 May 2017.
  11. ^ Flora Veit-Wild, Teachers, Preachers, Non-believers: A Social History of Zimbabwean Literature, Hans Zell Publishers, 1992, p. 21.
  12. ^ Entry in Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance, reprinted online

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