This is a list of writers from South Africa. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa There is no single Culture of South Africa. As South Africa is so ethnically diverse it is not surprising that there are vast cultural differences as well Art of South Africa is a term used to denote creative output by human beings from South Africa Cinema of South Africa refers to the films and Film industry of the nation of South Africa. Cuisine of South Africa has had a variety of sources and stages Cookery practised by indigenous people of South Africa such as the Khoisan and South Africa has 11 Official languages South Africa also recognises eight non-official languages as " National languages quot Elleke Boehmer (cf Cullhed 2006 79 writes “Nationalism like patriarchy favours singleness—one identity one growth pattern one birth and blood for all. A-C Lionel Abrahams Tatamkulu Afrika Ingrid Andersen P R Anderson Arthur The South African Music scene includes both popular (jive and folk forms A list of holidays in South Africa: determines that whenever any public holiday falls on a Sunday the Monday following it will be a public holiday Despite being the most economically advanced country on the continent South Africa was among the last countries in Africa to introduce Television broadcasting to The following is a partial list of South African television series. A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa
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- Peter Abrahams
- Rehane Abrahams, (1970–)
- Tatamkulu Afrika, born in Egypt (1920–2002)
- Christiaan Bakkes, (1971– )
- C. Johan Bakkes
- Shabbir Banoobhai (1949– )
- Mark Behr South Africa/Tanzania
- Troy Blacklaws South Africa
- François Bloemhof
- K. Peter Abrahams (born March 3, 1919) is a South African Novelist He was born in the poor township of Vrededorp, but left South Africa Rehane Abrahams is a performance artist from Cape Town, South Africa. Tatamkulu Afrika ( Xhosa: " Grandfather Africa " ( December 7 1920 - December This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Christiaan Bakkes (1965-, Pretoria) is a noted South African writer Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Shabbir Banoobhai (born October 23, 1949) is a South African poet Mark Behr is a South African author He has written two books both dealing in some way with Apartheid and the history of South Africa. Troy Blacklaws was born in 1965 in Natal Province, South Africa, and grew up during the apartheid era François Bloemhof is a multiple prize-winning South African author copywriter and film reviewer working primarily in the Afrikaans language S. Bongela
- Herman Charles Bosman (1905–1951)
- Alba Bouwer (1920– )
- Helen Brain
- Lawrence Bransby, Taught English at Ixopo H. Herman Charles Bosman ( February 3, 1905 - October 14, 1951) is the South African Writer widely regarded as South Africa's Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Albertha Magdalena Bouwer (born 1920 is a South African Afrikaans -writing journalist and author S. 1980s & 1990s
- Cloete Breytenbach
- 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– )
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- Achmat Dangor (1948– )
- Edwin de Kock (1930– )
- Ingrid de Kok (1951– )
- Gail Dendy (1957– )
- Rolfes Robert Reginald Dhlomo (1901–1971)
- Sandile Dikeni
- Modikwe Dikobe
- J. Breyten Breytenbach (born September 16, 1939) is a South African Writer and painter with French Citizenship. André Philippus Brink (born 29 May 1935 in Vrede) is a South African Novelist He writes in Afrikaans and English Dennis Vincent Brutus (born November 28, 1924, Salisbury Rhodesia) is a South African Poet. Edward Fairly Stuart Graham Cloete ( July 23, 1897 - March 19, 1976) was a South African novelist essayist biographer and short The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature Bryce Courtenay (born 14 August, 1933) is a South African Novelist born in Johannesburg. Jeremy Cronin (born 1949 is a South African Politician, academic and noted Poet. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patrick Roland Cullinan (1932- is a South African poet and biographer Achmat Dangor (born 1948 in Johannesburg is a South African writer Rolfes Robert Reginald Dhlomo (1901 - 1971 was a South African novelist Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. C. Dlamini
- C. J. Driver,
- John L. Dube
- K. Sello Duiker (1974–2005)
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- Joan Hambidge (1956– )
- Aziz Hassim
- Bessie Head, born in South Africa but usually seen as a Botswanan writer (1937–1986)
- Manu Herbstein (1936– )
- Bruce Hewett
- Jenny Hobbs
- Christopher Hope, (1944– )
- Emma Huismans,
- Alfred Hutchinson (1924–1972)
- Robin Hyde, born in South Africa but usually seen as a New Zealand writer (1906–1939)
- Noni Jabuvi (1919?/1921?– )
- Rayda Jacobs
- Mhlobo Jadezweni (1954– )
- Ashraf Jamal
- Fhazel Johennesse (1956– )
- J. Elisabeth Françoise Eybers ( 16 February 1915 &ndash 1 December 2007) was a South African Poet. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ruth First ( May 4 1925 &ndash August 17 1982) was a South African anti- Apartheid activist and scholar born in Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Sir James Percy FitzPatrick ( 24 July, 1862 - 24 January, 1931) was a South African Author, Politician, mining Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles J Fourie is an acclaimed South African playwright and director who staged his first play as drama-student at the Windybrow theatre in 1985 and went on to receive the Henk Wybenga Lynn Freed is a Fiction Writer who was born and grew up in Durban, South Africa. Athol Fugard (born 11 June 1932 is a South African playwright novelist actor and director who writes in, best known for his political plays opposing the South African system Sheila Meiring Fugard (born 1932 is an English native South African writer of short stories and plays and the wife of South African playwright Athol Fugard Damon Galgut (1963 -) is an award-winning South African Playwright and Novelist. Nadine Gordimer (born 20 November 1923 is a South African Writer, Political activist and Nobel laureate. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature Stephen Gray is a South African writer and critic born in Cape Town in 1941 Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mafika Pascal Gwala (born 1946 is a contemporary South African Poet and editor, writing in English and Zulu. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joan Hambidge (born 11 September 1956 in Aliwal North, South Africa) is an Afrikaans Poet, literary theorist Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bessie Emery Head ( July 6, 1937 - April 17, 1986) is usually considered Botswana 's most important writer Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Manu Herbstein (born 1936 is the South African author of Ama a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade (2001 which won the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Emma Huismans is an Afrikaans writer journalist and activist born in the Netherlands on July 10, 1947. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robin Hyde ( January 19 1906 - 23 August 1939) is one of New Zealand's major poets Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mhlobo Jadezweni was born on 14 June 1954 in Dutywa kwaGcaleka and studied at Fort Hare University Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. J. R. Jolobe
- Archibald Campbell Jordan
- Elsa Joubert, (1922– )
- Gideon Joubert
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- Sindiwe Magona, (1943– )
- Arthur Maimane (1932–2005 )
- N. Archibald Campbell Mzolisa Jordan ( 30 October 1906 - 1968 was a Novelist, Literary historian and intellectual pioneer of African studies Elsa Joubert ( OIS) born as Elsabé Antoinette Murray on 19 October 1922 in Paarl, is an Afrikaans -speaking South African Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Gideon Joubert is a South African Writer and ex- Journalist (at Die Burger) who is known for his Intelligent Design -opinions Farida Karodia (born 1942 is a South African novelist and short-story writer Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anne Kellas is a South African poet reviewer and editor She was born in Germiston in 1951 in what was then the Transvaal now Gauteng, in South Africa For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Antjie Krog (1952–) is a prominent South African Poet, academic and writer Mazisi (Raymond Kunene (born May 12, 1930 - died August 11 2006) was a South African Poet best known for his poem Richard Kunzmann (born 1976 is a Namibian born Novelist, predominantly of Crime fiction. Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo ( 29 June 1914 &ndash 19 April 2006) was a women's rights activist and politician in South Africa. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Alex La Guma ( 20 February 1925 &ndash 11 October 1985) was a South African Novelist, leader of the South African Coloured Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) David Lambkin is an English novelist He was born in England but has spent many years in Africa. Anne Landsman (born 14 April 1959) is a South African born novelist Etienne Leroux (1922-1989 was an influential Afrikaans author and a key member of the South African Sestigers literary movement David Robert Lewis (born 1968 is a South African editor writer and artist Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mauritius (pronounced məˈrɪʃəs L’île Maurice /il mɔ'ʁis/ Mauritian Creole: Maurice) officially the Republic of Mauritius, République Douglas Livingstone (1932 - 1996 was a South African poet He was born in Kuala Lumpur, but his family moved to Natal after his father was taken prisoner For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Al Lovejoy (born 1963 is a South African writer His first novel is an autobiography detailing his life as a child in reform school conscript prisoner international drug smuggler Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sindiwe Magona (born 1943 is a South African Writer. A native of the Transkei, she grew up in a township near Cape Town, where she Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Arthur Mogale Maimane (b 1932 d 2005 better known as Arthur Maimane was a South African Journalist. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. J. Makhaye
- Nelson Mandela (1918– )
- Chris Mann
- Maishe Maponya
- Eugène Marais
- Andrew Martens
- John Mateer, also connected with Australia)
- Mark Mathabane
- Dalene Matthee
- 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)
- 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– )
- Kirsten Miller
- Leonard Mncwango
- Bloke Modisane (1924–1986)
- Benjamin Moloise
- Casey Motsisi,
- Phaswane Mpe, (1970–2004)
- Es'kia (Ezekiel) Mphahlele (1919– )
- Samuel E. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (xolíɬaɬa mandéːla born 18 July 1918 is a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in fully representative Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Chris Mann (born 1949 is an Australian Composer, Poet and Performer specializing in the emerging field of compositional linguistics, coined Eugène Nielen Marais ( 9 January, 1871 – 29 March, 1936) was a South African Lawyer, naturalist, Poet John Mateer (born 1971 is a South African born Australian Poet and Author. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Mark Mathabane (born Johannes Mathabane, October 18, 1960) is a Tennis player author and Dalene Matthee ( October 13, 1938 - 20 February 2005) was a South African author who wrote mainly in Afrikaans, although Todd Tozama Matshikiza (b 1921 d 1968 was a South African Jazz Pianist, Composer and Journalist. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Donato Francisco Mattera (b 1935 Western Native Township (now Westbury Johannesburg, South Africa) better known as Don Mattera, is a South African Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Howe McClure ( October 9, 1939, Johannesburg, South Africa - June 17, 2006, Oxford, England) Michelle McGrane (born 1974 is a Writer, reviewer and South African Poet. See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Zakes Mda is the pen name of Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda a South African novelist poet and playwright John van Melle ( February 11, 1887, Goes - November 8, 1953) was the Pen name of a Dutch -born South African The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Grand Prix de Littérature Policière is a French literary prize founded in 1948 by author and literary critic Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe (born 24 October 1958, Hammarsdale South Africa) is one of South Africa's foremost storytellers with a number of published children's The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kirsten Miller is a South African novelist writer and artist Her first book Children on the Bridge A Story of Autism in South Africa ( Jacana 2006) is William Modisane ( August 28, 1923 &mdash March 1, 1986) better known as Bloke Modisane was a South African Writer Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Karobo Moses Motsisi (b 1932 d 1977 better known as Casey Motsisi or Casey 'Kid' Motsisi was a South African Short story Writer Phaswane Mpe, ( September 10 1970 &ndash December 12 2004) was a South African Poet and Novelist. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Es'kia Mphahlele (Born December 17] 1919 is a South African writer academic arts activist and Afrikan Humanist Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common K. Mqhayi
- Oswald Mtshali
- Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
- Phumasilwe Myeni
- Godfrey Mzamane
- Mbulelo Mzamane
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- Aletrishe Nietrà
- Njabulo Ndebele (1948– )
- J. Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali (born 1940 is a South African poet He has written in both Zulu and English. Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa (b 21 July[[ 921]] in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) is a Zulu Sangoma and Sanusi from South Africa Aletrishe Nietrà (born 1921 is an author born in South Africa Professor Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele (born 1948) an academic a literary and a writer of fiction is the former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. K. Ngubane
- Mike Nicol (1951– )
- Marlene van Niekerk
- Lewis Nkosi (1936– )
- Arthur Nortje (1942–1970)
- C. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January 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 Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arthur Nortje (1942 - 1970 was a South African poet He was born in Oudtshoorn, and went to school in Port Elizabeth, being taught by the acclaimed Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. S. Z. Ntuli
- D. B. Z. Ntuli
- Sibusiso Nyembezi
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- Diederik Johannes Opperman (1914– )
- Joy Packer (1905–1977)
- Raj Patel
- Essop Patel
- Alan Paton (1903–1988)
- Abel Phelps
- Sol T. Plaatje
- Menan du Plessis (1952– )
- Laurens van der Post
- Z. Sibusiso Nyembezi (1919-2000 A South African known as a Zulu Novelist, Poet, Scholar, Teacher and editor. Joy Petersen Packer ( 11 February 1905 - 6 September 1977) was a South African Author of autobiography and romantic Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Raj Patel is a British Academic, Journalist, Activist and Writer. Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988 was a white South African Author and liberal political Activist. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (9 October 1876 – 19 June 1932 was a South African intellectual journalist linguist politician translator and writer Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Laurens Jan van der Post (aka Laurens van der Post) (December 13 1906 &ndash December 16 1996 was a famous 20th century Afrikaner author of many S. Qangule
- Richard Rive
- Sheila Roberts (1937– )
- Eric Rosenthal (1905-?)
- 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– )
- Jonny Steinberg
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Gray, Stephen (Ed. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eric Rosenthal, (born July 10, 1905 in Newlands Cape Town) was a South African Historian and Author. Mary Sadler was born on 2 May 1941 in the Netherlands and emigrated with parents to South Africa while still a child Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Riana Scheepers (born December 9, 1957) is an Afrikaans author Karel Schoeman (born 26 October 1939 in Trompsburg South Africa) is a South African novelist historian translator and man of letters Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alan Scholefield (1931-) is a South African Writer famous for his Macrae and Silver series Olive Schreiner ( 24 March 1855 - December 11 1920) was a South African author pacifist and political activist Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Lesotho (lɪˈsuːtuː) officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a Landlocked country and Enclave — entirely surrounded by the Republic of South Sydney Sipho Sepamla (born 1932 - January 9 2007 was a contemporary South African Poet and Novelist. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Mongane Wally Serote ( 1944 - is a South African poet and writer Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gillian Slovo, born in 1952, is a South African Novelist, Playwright and Memoirist, and the daughter of South African political Adam Small (born in Martinsville New Jersey) is an American Composer, producer and Instrumentalist. Russell Claude Smith (born 2 August 1963) is a Canadian Novelist, newspaper columnist and expert on men's clothing and style Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Wilbur Addison Smith (born January 9 1933 in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) is a best-selling Novelist. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Sylvester Stein edited the Drum magazine from 1955 until 1958 Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jonny Steinberg (born 22 March 1970 is a South African writer and scholar Daniel Canodoise Themba, (1942 – 1968 better known as Can Themba was a South African short-story Author. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Miriam Tlali (born 1933 Johannesburg) is a South African novelist Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Benedict Wallet Vilakazi ( January 6, 1906 - October 26, 1947) was a South African Zulu Poet, Novelist Lettie Viljoen was a Pseudonym of the South African author Ingrid Winterbach, who primarily writes in Afrikaans. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ivan Vladislaviċ is a South African Short story writer and Novelist of croatian origin Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Etienne van Heerden (born 1954 is a South African Author. Biography Van Heerden was born in 1954 six years after the official advent of Apartheid Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Biography Marlene van Niekerk is a South African author who is best known for her novel Triomf. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Professor Charles van Onselen is a researcher and historian based at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Christopher van Wyk was born in Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Soweto in 1957 Stephen Watson ( 1955 - is a South African poet Most of his poetry is about the city of Cape Town, where he has lived most of his life Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Zoe Wicomb (born 1948 in Namaqualand, South Africa) is an author Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rose Zwi (born 8 May 1928) is a South African writer best known for her work about the Immigrants in that country The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. 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 Elleke Boehmer (cf Cullhed 2006 79 writes “Nationalism like patriarchy favours singleness—one identity one growth pattern one birth and blood for all. The Poetry of South Africa covers a broad range of themes, forms, and styles. This is a list of poets. It lists notable poets A-C Lionel Abrahams Tatamkulu Afrika Ingrid Andersen P R Anderson Arthur ) Modern South African Poetry, AD. Donker, 1984 ISBN 0-86852-056-X
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