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Zimbabwean literature is literature produced by authors from Zimbabwe or in the Zimbabwean Diaspora.The tradition of literature starts with a long oral tradition, was influenced heavily by western literature that influenced multiple countries in the same region such as Malawi and Zambia whereby these three countries have very similar languages and a lot of words seem to be quite similar only ...
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 [5] Wiseman Magwa (1962– ), playwright
Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 4 February 1959) is a Zimbabwean novelist, playwright and filmmaker. Her debut novel, Nervous Conditions (1988), which was the first to be published in English by a Black woman from Zimbabwe, was named by the BBC in 2018 as one of the top 100 books that have shaped the world. [1]
Dambudzo Marechera (4 June 1952 – 18 August 1987) was a Zimbabwean novelist, short story writer, playwright, and poet.His short career produced a book of stories, two novels (one published posthumously), a book of plays, prose, and poetry, and a collection of poetry (also posthumous).
Born in Salisbury, Rhodesia, on 16 September 1966 to Zimbabwean novelist, journalist and publisher Pius Wakatama [9] and entrepreneur and Christian women's rights activist Winnie Wakatama (née Ndoro), Ellah Wakatama spent her formative years between Salisbury and the midwestern USA while her father studied at the University of Iowa.
Mungoshi was born on 2 December 1947 at Manyene, near Chivhu, in Zimbabwe. He was educated at St Augustine's, Penhalonga. After leaving school, he worked with the Forestry Commission, before joining Textbook Sales in Harare. From 1975 to 1981 he worked at the Literature Bureau as an editor and then moved to the Zimbabwe Publishing House. [3] [4]
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English-language writers from Zimbabwe (4 P) + Zimbabwean male writers (2 C, 18 P) Zimbabwean women writers (7 C, 6 P) B. Zimbabwean bloggers (1 P) C.