# List of Zimbabwean writers

This is a list of Zimbabwean writers.
* N. H. Brettell (1908–1991), poet
* NoViolet Bulawayo (1981– ), novelist
* Patrick Chakaipa (1932–2003), novelist
* Charles C Singende (1943–2007), poet and Shona Literature Bureau, contributor and compiler of Nhetembo 1977
* L. Washington Chaparadza (1929–1964), Shona writer
* Paul Chidyausiku (1929– ), preacher and writer
* Bernard Chidzero (1927–2002), economist and novelist
* Samuel Chimsoro (1949–2016), novelist and poet
* Shimmer Chinodya (1957– ), poet, short-story writer, novelist, and textbook writer
* Edmund Chipamaunga (1938–2019), novelist
* Herbert Chitepo (1923–1975), novelist
* Raymond Choto (1962– ), journalist and novelist
* A. S. Cripps (1869–1952), priest, short-story writer and poet
* Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959– ), novelist
* 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
* Wilson Katiyo (1947–2003), novelist
* Philios Mtshane Khumalo (1925– ), Shona writer
* Giles Kuimba (1936– ), novelist
* 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
* Wiseman Magwa (1962– ), playwright
* Barbara Makhalisa (1949– ), novelist and short-story writer
* Nozipo Maraire (1966– ), doctor and writer
* John Marangwanda (1923– ), Shona novelist
* Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987), novelist
* Edmund Masundire (1966– ), novelist
* Timothy O. McLoughlin (1937– ), novelist, poet and editor
* Cont Mhlanga (1957/1958–2022), playwright, actor and theatre director
* S. O. Mlilo (1924–1995), Ndebele novelist
* Aaron Chiwundura Moyo (1959– ), novelist and playwright
* Charles Mudede (1949– ), writer, filmmaker, and leftwing cultural critic
* George Mujajati (1957– ), playwright and novelist
* Charles Mungoshi (1947–2019), writer and editor
* David Mungoshi (1949–2020), novelist and poet
* Masimba Musodza (1976– ), screenwriter, novelist, producer
* Solomon Mutswairo (1924–2005), novelist and poet (see also Zambia)
* Togara Muzanenhamo (1975– ), poet
* Geoffrey Ndhlala (1949– )
* Emmanuel Ngara (1947– ), academic
* Mthandazo Ndema Ngwenya (1949–1992), novelist, radio playwright and poet
* Stanley Nyamfukudza (1951– ), novelist and short-story writer
* Freedom Nyamubaya (1958–2015), poet
* Emmanuel F. Ribeiro (1935– ), novelist
* Kristina Rungano (1963– ), first published woman poet in Zimbabwe
* Joe Ruzvidzo (1979– ), journalist and short-story writer
* Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988), historian and novelist
* Amos M. P. Sibanda (1927– ), novelist
* Ndabezinhle S. Sigogo (1932–2006), novelist and editor
* Ndabaningi Sithole (1922–2000), historian, politician, and novelist
* Alexander McCall Smith (1948– ), also connected with Botswana, lawyer and novelist
* Valerie Tagwira (living), novelist
* T. K. Tsodzo / Thompson K. Tsodzo (1947– ), novelist
* Lawrence Vambe (1917–2019)
* Yvonne Vera, also connected with Canada (1964–2005), novelist, short-story writer and editor
* Andrew Whaley (1958– )
* Merna Wilson, novelist and poet.
* Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (1955– ), historian, critic, novelist and short-story writer
* Musaemura Zimunya (1949– ), poet, critic and short-story writer