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This is a list of writers from South Africa. art forms of southern africa, is beautifully painted vases and wood made into animals Categories: Africa-related stubs ... South African English is a dialect of English spoken in South Africa and in neighbouring countries with a large number of Anglo-Africans living in them, such as Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. ... South African cuisine varies widely, representing the food of indigenous people and of all those who have immigrated since. ... South Africa has a diverse literary history. ... Lionel Abrahams Tatamkulu Afrika Shabbir Banoobhai Robert Berold Breyten Breytenbach Dennis Brutus Roy Campbell Jeremy Cronin Patrick Cullinan Sheila Cussons Achmat Dangor Ingrid de Kok Sandile Dikeni Modikwe Dikobe Isobel Dixon CJ Driver Jeremy Gordin Nadine Gordimer Stephen Gray Mafika Gwala Bruce Hewett Christopher Hope Fhazel Johennesse Sarah Johnson Keorapetse... The South African music scene includes both popular (jive) and folk forms. ... Holidays in South Africa: The Public Holidays Act (Act No 36 of 1994) determines that whenever any public holiday falls on a Sunday, the Monday following it will be a public holiday. ... The following is a partial list of South African television series. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

A-C

• Peter Abrahams
• Rehane Abrahams, (1970–)
• Tatamkulu Afrika, born in Egypt (1920–2002)
• Shabbir Banoobhai (1949– )
• Mark Behr South Africa/Tanzania
• K.S. Bongela
• Herman Charles Bosman (1905–1951)
• Lawrence Bransby, Taught English at Ixopo H. S. 1980s & 1990s
• Breyten Breytenbach (1939– )
• Andre Brink
• Dennis Brutus
• Stuart Cloete
• J.M. Coetzee, awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature (1940– )
• Bryce Courtenay (1933– )
• Jeremy Cronin (1949– )
• Patrick Cullinan (1932– )

Peter Abrahams (born March 3, 1919) is a South African novelist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Tatamkhulu Afrika (Xhosa: Grandfather Africa) (December 7, 1920 - December 23, 2002), was a South African poet and writer. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Shabbir Banoobhai (born October 23, 1949) is a South African poet. ... Mark Behr is a South African author. ... Herman Charles Bosman (1905 - October 14, 1951) was a South African writer and journalist who became famous for capturing the rhythms of backveld Afrikaans speech even though he wrote in English. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Breyten Breytenbach (born September 16, 1939) is a South African writer and painter with French citizenship. ... André Philippus Brink (born on 29 May 1935 in Vrede) is a South African novelist. ... Dennis Brutus, South African poet, graduate of Fort Hare college, formerly on the faculty of Northwestern University. ... {{cleanup}} // Edward Fairly Stuart Graham Cloete, South African novelist, essayist, biographer and short story writer, was born on July 23, 1897, in Paris, France to a French mother and South African father. ... J.M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee (pronounced coot-SEE-uh) is a South African author. ... Nobel Prize medal. ... Bryce Courtenay (born August 14, 1933) is an Australian novelist born in Johannesburg, South Africa. ... Jeremy Cronin (b. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...

D

• Achmat Dangor (1948– )
• Edwin de Kock (1930– )
• Ingrid de Kok (1951– )
• Rolfes Robert Reginald Dhlomo (1901–1971)
• Sandile Dikeni
• Modikwe Dikobe
• J.C. Dlamini
• C.J. Driver,
• John L. Dube
• K. Sello Duiker (1974–2005)

Achmat Dangor is a South African writer was born in Johannesburg in 1948, the year the Nationalist Party, whose works include Kafkas Curse and Bitter Fruit. ... Edwin de Kock (1930–), writer and world traveler, was born in South Africa and became a U.S. citizen in 2000. ... Rolfes Robert Reginald Dhlomo (1901 - 1971) was a South African novelist. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Kabelo Sello Duiker, (April 13, 1974 – January 19, 2005), was a South African novelist. ...

E-G

• Ahmed Essop
• Tony Eprile born Johannesburg, lives in U.S.
• Elisabeth Eybers (1915– )
• Ruth First (1925–1982)
• Percy Fitzpatrick (1862–1931)
• Charles Fourie
• Lynne Freed
• Athol Fugard (1932– )
• Sheila Fugard, born in England (1932– )
• Magema Fuze
• Damon Galgut
• Nadine Gordimer, awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature (1923– )
• Jeremy Gordin
• Stephen Gray, (1941– )
• Mafika Gwala (1946– )

Tony Eprile is a South African writer now living in Vermont in the USA. Short stories Temporary Sojourner and Other South African Stories (1989) Novels The Persistence of Memory (2004) Category: ... Elisabeth Françoise Eybers (born February 16, 1915 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal) is a South African poet. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Ruth First in a newsphoto ten years after her murder. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir James Percy FitzPatrick (24 July 1862 - 24 January 1931) was a South African author, politician and pioneer of the fruit industry. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Lynne Freed is a fiction writer who was born in Durban, South Africa. ... Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard (born in 1932), better known as Athol Fugard, is a well-known South African playwright. ... Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard (born in 1932), better known as Athol Fugard, is a well-known South African playwright. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nadine Gordimer (born November 20, 1923) is a South African novelist and writer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in literature and 1974 Booker Prize. ... Nobel Prize medal. ... Stephen Gray is a South African writer and critic born in Cape Town in 1941. ... This article is about the year. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

H-J

• Joan Hambidge (1956– )
• Bessie Head, born in South Africa but usually seen as a Botswanan writer (1937–1986)
• Manu Herbstein (1936– )
• Bruce Hewett
• Christopher Hope, (1944– )
• Emma Huismans,
• Alfred Hutchinson (1924–1972)
• Noni Jabuvi (1919?/1921?– )
• Rayda Jacobs
• Ashraf Jamal
• Fhazel Johennesse (1956– )
• J.J.R. Jolobe
• Archibald Campbell Jordan
• Elsa Joubert, (1922– )

Joan Hambidge is Afrikaans poet, renowned for her out-of-the-closet style of writing. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bessie Head is usually considered Botswanas most important writer. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Manu Herbstein is the South African author of Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Emma Huismans is an Afrikaans writer, journalist, and activist born in the Netherlands on July 10, 1947. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Archibald Campbell Mzolisa Jordan, novelist, literary historian and intellectual pioneer of African studies in South Africa, was born on 30 October 1906 at the Mbokothwane Mission in the Tsolo district, Pondoland (later Transkei), as son of an Anglican Church minister. ... Elsa Joubert, born as Elsabé Antoinette Murray on 19 October 1922 in Paarl, is an Afrikaans-speaking South African writer. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

K-L

• Farida Karodia (1942– )
• Anne Kellas, also connected with Australia (1951– )
• Antjie Krog
• Mazisi Kunene
• Ellen Kuzwayo (1914–2006)
• Alex La Guma (1925–1985)
• David Lambkin
• Anne Landsman
• Etienne Leroux
• David Robert Lewis (1968–)
• Colleen Lindsay, also connected with Mauritius
• Douglas Livingstone, born in Malaysia (1932–1996)
• Halejoetse Tsehlana

Farida Karodia is a South African novelist and short-story writer born in 1942. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Anne Kellas is a South African poet, reviewer and editor. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... // Antjie Krog (1952– ) is a prominent South African poet, academic and writer. ... Mazisi (Raymond) Kunene (born May 12, 1930 - died August 12, 2006) was a South African poet best known for his poem Emperor Shaka the Great. ... Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo (29 June 1914 – 19 April 2006) was a womens rights activist and politician in South Africa. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alex La Guma (20 February 1925–11 October 1985) was a South African novelist, leader of the South African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO) and a defendant in the Treason Trial, whose works helped characterise the movement against the apartheid era in South Africa. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... David Lambkin is an English novelist. ... Anne Landsman is a South African-born novelist. ... David Robert Lewis is an editor, writer and artist living in South Africa. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Douglas Livingstone (1932 - 1996) was a South African poet. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

M

• Sindiwe Magona, (1943– )
• Arthur Maimane (1932– )
• N.J. Makhaye
• Nelson Mandela (1918– )
• Chris Mann
• Maishe Maponya
• Eugène Marais
• Andrew Martens
• John Mateer, also connected with Australia)
• Todd Matshikiza (1921–1968)
• Don Mattera (1935– )
• James McClure
• Michelle McGrane, born in Zimbabwe, (1974– )
• Zakes Mda
• John van Melle, born in the Netherlands (1887–1953)
• Albert Memmi
• Deon Meyer (1951– ) awarded the ATKV prose prize (2002, 2003); Le Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (2003); Le prix Mystère de la critique (2004)
• Gcina Mhlophe (1959– )
• Leonard Mncwango
• Bloke Modisane (1924–1986)
• Benjamin Moloise
• Casey Motsisi,
• Phaswane Mpe, (1970–2004)
• Es'kia (Ezekiel) Mphahlele (1919– )
• Samuel E.K. Mqhayi
• Oswald Mtshali
• Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
• Phumasilwe Myeni
• Godfrey Mzamane
• Mbulelo Mzamane

Sindiwe Magona (born 1943) is a South African writer. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela OM, CC, AC, QC (IPA ) (born 18 July 1918) was the first President of South Africa to be elected in fully-representative democratic elections. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Eugene Marais (1871-1936) was a South African writer and scientist. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... James McClure (born 9 October 1939, Johannesburg, South Africa) is a British author and journalist best known for his Kramer and Zondi mysteries set in South Africa. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... John van Melle (February 11, 1887 - November 8, 1953) was a Dutch-born South African author. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... Albert Memmi (born December 15, 1920) is a Tunisian-born French writer and essayist. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Phaswane Mpe, (September 10, 1970 – December 12, 2004), was a South African poet and novelist. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ezekiel Eskia Mphahlele (born December 17, 1919) is a South African writer. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali (b. ... Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa (b 1921 in Natal, South Africa) is a South African author and witch doctor. ...

N

• Aletrishe Nietrà
• Njabulo Ndebele (1948– )
• J.K. Ngubane
• Mike Nicol (1951– )
• Marlene van Niekerk
• Lewis Nkosi (1936– )
• Arthur Nortje (1942–1970)
• C.S.Z. Ntuli
• D.B.Z. Ntuli
• Sibusiso Nyembezi

Aletrishe Nietrà (b. ... Professor Njabulo S Ndebele is Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Cape Town. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Born: 10 November, 1954 Tygerhoek, South Africa Country of Birth: South Africa Language: Afrikaans // Biography Marlene van Niekerk is a South African author who is best known for her novel Triomf. ... Lewis Nkosi (born 1936) is a South African writer and essayist. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Arthur Nortje (1942 - 1970) was a South African poet. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Sibusiso Nyembezi(1919-2000) A South African known as a Zulu novelist, poet, scholar, teacher and editor. ...

O-S

• Diederik Johannes Opperman (1914– )
• Essop Patel
• Alan Paton (1903–1988)
• Sol T. Plaatje
• Menan du Plessis (1952– )
• Laurens van der Post
• Z.S. Qangule
• Richard Rive
• Sheila Roberts (1937– )
• Mary Sadler (1941– )
• Riana Scheepers
• Karel Schoeman (1939– )
• Alan Scholefield
• Olive Schreiner, (1855–1920)
• Tembela Sekele, also connected with Lesotho
• Sipho Sepamla (1932– )
• Mongane Wally Serote, (1944– )
• Gillian Slovo
• Adam Small
• Russell Smith, born South Africa, raised and lives in Canada
• Wilbur Smith (1932– )
• Kelwyn Sole
• Sylvester Stein
• Wilma Stockenstrom (1933– )

Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African author. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Solomon Tshekiso Plaatje (1877 – June 19, 1932) was an African polyglot, journalist, writer and statesman. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir Laurens Jan van der Post by Frances Baruch Sir Laurens Jan van der Post (aka Laurens van der Post) December 13, 1906 – December 16, 1996. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mary Sadler was born on 2nd May 1941 in the Netherlands and emigrated with parents to South Africa while still a child. ... This article is about the year. ... Riana Scheepers Afrikaans author born December 9, 1957. ... Karel Schoeman is a South African novelist, historian, translator and man of letters. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alan Scholefield (1931- )is a South African writer famous for his Macrae and Silver series. ... Olive Schreiner (Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner) (March 24, 1855 – December 11, 1920) was a South African writer. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Mongane Wally Serote (1944-) is a South African poet and writer. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Gillian Slovo, born in 1952, is a South African novelist, playwright and memoirist. ... Russell C. Smith (born 1963 in South Africa) is a Canadian novelist. ... Wilbur Addison Smith (b. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

T-Z

• Can Themba (1924–1969)
• Miriam Tlali (1933– )
• Etienne van Heerden (1956– )
• Marlene van Niekerk (1954– )
• Charles van Onselen
• Benedict Vilakazi
• Lettie Viljoen (1948– )
• Ivan Vladislivic (1957 – )
• Graham Walker
• Stephen Watson (1955– )
• Zoe Wicomb (1948– )
• Christopher van Wyk
• Makhosazana Xaba
• Muntu Xulu
• Rose Zwi, born in Mexico

1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Etienne van Heerden is a South African author, is best known for his book, Die Stilswye van Mario Salviati (in English, The Silence of Mario Salviati). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Born: 10 November, 1954 Tygerhoek, South Africa Country of Birth: South Africa Language: Afrikaans // Biography Marlene van Niekerk is a South African author who is best known for her novel Triomf. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Professor Charles Van Onselen is a researcher and historian, based at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. ... Dr Benedict Wallet Vilakazi (January 1, 1906 - October 26, 1947) was a South African Zulu poet and educator, and the first African to be awarded a Doctor of Literature. ... Lettie Viljoen was a pseudonym of the South African author Ingrid Gouws, who primarily writes in Afrikaans. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Ivan Vladislaviċ is a South African short-story writer and novelist. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Graham Norton, real name Graham Walker, (born on April 4, 1963) is an openly gay Irish actor, comedian and television presenter. ... Stephen Watson (1955-) is a South African poet. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Zoe Wicomb is an author born in Namaqualand, South Africa in 1948. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Rose Zwi is a South African writer best known for her work about the immigrants in that country. ...

See also

• Amstel Playwright of the Year Award
• South African literature
• South African poetry
• List of poets
• List of South African poets
• Category:South African writers

The Amstel Playwright of the Year Award, an independent non-governmental prize, was launched in South Africa in 1978, and it recognised those South African playwrights whose work had been submitted for consideration. ... South Africa has a diverse literary history. ... The poetry of South Africa covers a broad range of themes, forms, and styles. ... This is a list of poets. ... Lionel Abrahams Tatamkulu Afrika Shabbir Banoobhai Robert Berold Breyten Breytenbach Dennis Brutus Roy Campbell Jeremy Cronin Patrick Cullinan Sheila Cussons Achmat Dangor Ingrid de Kok Sandile Dikeni Modikwe Dikobe Isobel Dixon CJ Driver Jeremy Gordin Nadine Gordimer Stephen Gray Mafika Gwala Bruce Hewett Christopher Hope Fhazel Johennesse Sarah Johnson Keorapetse...

References

Gray, Stephen (Ed.) Modern South African Poetry, AD. Donker, 1984 ISBN 0-86852-056-X