List of Zimbabwean women writers

This is a list of Zimbabwean women writers, including writers either from or associated with Zimbabwe.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

B

• Catherine Buckle (born 1957), writer and blogger
• NoViolet Bulawayo (born 1981), novelist
• D. E. Borrell (born 1928), poet

C

• Panashe Chigumadzi (born 1991), journalist, essayist and novelist
• Hazel Crane (1951–2003), memoirist
• Judy Croome (born 1958), novelist, short-story writer and poet

D

• Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 1959), novelist and filmmaker
• Doris Dube[1]

F

• Alexandra Fuller (born 1969)

G

• Petina Gappah (born 1971), short-story writer and novelist

H

• Heidi Holland (1947–2012), journalist and author

L

• Doris Lessing (1919–2013), novelist, poet, playwright, biographer and short-story writer
• Lauren Liebenberg (born 1972), novelist

M

• 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

• Ngwenya Tsitsi Nomsa (born 1977)[2]
• Zodwa Nyoni (born c. 1988)
• Sekai Nzenza (living)

P

• Gertrude Page (1872–1922), novelist
• Virginia Phiri (born 1954)

R

• Kristina Rungano (born 1963), poet and short story writer

S

• 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

• Valerie Tagwira (living), obstetrician-gynecologist and novelist
• Tererai Trent (born c. 1965)
• Novuyo Tshuma (born 1988), short story writer

V

• Yvonne Vera (1964–2005), novelist

W

• Ellah Wakatama Allfrey (born 1966), editor, critic and journalist
• Merna Wilson, novelist, poet and journalist

See also

• List of women writers

References

1. 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.
2. Ngwenya, Tsitsi Nomsa (2016). Izinyawo zayizolo. Harare. ISBN 978-0-7974-7241-9. OCLC 960043403.
3. Sibanda, Olivia Mahwaya (2020). Umkhosi wenhliziyo. Harare, Zimbabwe. ISBN 978-1-77925-359-0. OCLC 1264735172.