List of South African women writers
This is a list of South African women writers, including women writers either from or associated with South Africa.
A
- Barbara Adair, novelist
- Wilna Adriaanse (born 1958), romantic fiction writer
- Jani Allan (born 1952), journalist, columnist, broadcaster
- Phyllis Altman (1919 – 1999)
- Ingrid Andersen (born 1965), poet
- Diane Awerbuck, novelist
B
- Gabeba Baderoon (born 1969), poet
- Margaret Bakkes (1931 – 2016)
- Lesley Beake (born 1949), children's author
- Dricky Beukes (1918 – 1999), writer of novels, short stories and radio dramas
- Lauren Beukes (born 1976), novelist, short story writer, journalist and television scriptwriter
- Audrey Blignault (1916 – 2008)
- Anna Böeseken (1905 – 1997), history academic, journalist and writer
- Johanna Brandt (1876 – 1964)
- Sarah Britten (born 1974), writer and blogger
- Babette Brown, writer on race and diversity issues in the United Kingdom.
- Penny Busetto, novelist
C
- Maxine Case (born 1976), novelist and short story writer
- Cecile Cilliers (1933–2018), journalist and writer
- Yvette Christiansë (born 1954), poet and novelist
- Lindsey Collen (born 1948) , novelist and activist
- Jeni Couzyn (born 1942), poet and anthologist
- Hazel Crane (1951 – 2003), memoirist
- Judy Croome (born 1958), novelist, short story writer and poet
- Sheila Cussons (1922 – 2004), Afrikaans poet
D
- Alide Dasnois (born 1950), journalist and newspaper editor
- Nadia Davids (born 1977)
- Marike de Klerk (1937 – 2001)
- Ingrid de Kok (born 1951), poet
- Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (born 1966), poet
- Janette Deacon (born 1939)
- Isobel Dixon (born 1969), poet
- Ceridwen Dovey (born 1980)
- Finuala Dowling (born 1962), poet
E
- Elisabeth Eybers (1915 – 2007), poet
F
- Diana Ferrus (born 1953), poet
- Mary Anne Fitzgerald (born c. 1945), journalist
- Corlia Fourie (born 1944), writer of drama, children's books, short stories and novels
- Lynn Freed (born 1945), novelist, essayist, and writer of short stories
- Patricia Fresen (born 1940)
- Lisa Fugard
- Sheila Meiring Fugard (born 1932), writer of short stories and plays
G
- Jeanne Goosen (born 1938), journalist and poet
- Nadine Gordimer (1923 – 2014), novelist, political activist and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Lyndall Gordon (born 1941), literary biographer
- Sheila Gordon (born 1927)
- Pregs Govender (born 1960), feminist human rights activist, author and former Member of Parliament
- Henriette Grové (1922 – 2009)
H
- Megan Hall (born 1972), poet
- Joan Hambidge (born 1956), Afrikaans poet, literary theorist and academic
- Stacy Hardy, writer, journalist, multimedia artist and theatre practitioner
- Marié Heese (born 1942), novelist and teacher
- Cat Hellisen (born 1977), author of fantasy novels
- Colleen Higgs (born 1962), writer and publisher
- Heidi Holland (1947 – 2012), journalist and author
- Emma Huismans (born 1947), writer, journalist, and activist
J
- Noni Jabavu (1919 – 2008), writer and journalist
- Cynthia Jele, novelist
- Liesl Jobson, poet and musician
- Sarah Johnson (born 1980), poet
- Isabel Jean Jones, consumer journalist
- Ingrid Jonker (1933 – 1965), poet
- Pamela Jooste, novelist
- Elsa Joubert, Afrikaans-language novelist
- Irma Joubert, novelist
- Leonie Joubert, science writer, author and journalist
K
- Ronelda Kamfer (born 1981), poet
- Farida Karodia (born 1942), novelist and short-story writer
- Anne Kellas, poet, reviewer and editor
- Olga Kirsch (1924 – 1997), poet
- Elizabeth Klarer (1910 – 1994)
- Sheila Kohler, novelist and short story writer
- Antjie Krog (born 1952), poet and academic
- Ellen Kuzwayo (1914 – 2006), women's rights activist, politician and autobiographer
L
- Anne Landsman (born 1959), novelist
- Lauren Liebenberg (born 1972), novelist
- Freda Linde (1915 – 2013), children's writer and translator
- Anna M. Louw (1913 – 2003)
M
- Rozena Maart (born 1962)
- Michelle McGrane (born 1974), poet
- Lindiwe Mabuza (born 1938), poet, academic, journalist, diplomat
- Sindiwe Magona (born 1943)
- Angela Makholwa, crime fiction writer
- Barbara Masekela (born 1941), poet, educator, activist
- Mohale Mashigo, singer-songwriter, novelist and former radio presenter
- Lebogang Mashile (born 1979), actor, writer and performance poet
- Emma Mashinini (1929 – 2017)
- Kopano Matlwa (born 1985), novelist
- Dalene Matthee (1938 – 2005), novelist
- Fatima Meer (1928 – 2010), writer, academic, screenwriter
- Joan Metelerkamp (born 1956), poet
- Nontsizi Mgqwetho, poet
- Gcina Mhlope (born 1958), actress, storyteller, poet, playwright, director
- Kirsten Miller
- Ruth Miller (1919 – 1969), poet
- Sarah Millin (1889 – 1968)
- Natalia Molebatsi, performance poet and cultural worker
- Marion Molteno (born 1944), novelist
- Rose Moss (born 1937), writer of novels, short stories, words for music and non-fiction
- Natasha Mostert, author and screenwriter
- Isabella Motadinyane (1963 – 2003), poet and actor
- Ena Murray (1936 – 2015)
- Sally-Ann Murray (born 1961)
N
- Beverley Naidoo, writer of children's books
- Thirza Nash (1885 – 1962), novelist
- Bongi Ndaba (born 1972)
- Lauretta Ngcobo (1931 – 2015), novelist and essayist
- Paige Nick, novelist
- Michelle Nkamankeng (born c. 2008)
- Cecily Norden (1918 – 2011)
O
- Bree O'Mara (1968 – 2010), novelist
- Yewande Omotoso (born 1980), novelist, architect and designer
- Margie Orford (born 1964), author of crime fiction, children's fiction, non-fiction and school textbooks
P
- Joy Packer (1905 – 1977), author of autobiography and romantic adventure novels
- S. A. Partridge (born 1982)
- Amelia Blossom Pegram (born 1935 or 1938)
- Antoinette Pienaar (born 1961)
- Bridget Pitt
- Marguerite Poland (born 1950)
- Elsa Pooley (born 1947)
- Karen Press (born 1956), poet
- Elaine Proctor (born 1960), film director, screenwriter, novelist, and actress
Q
- Christine Qunta (born 1952)
R
- Jo-Anne Richards, journalist and author
- Margaret Roberts (1937 – 2017), herbalist and author
- Daphne Rooke (1914 – 2009)
- Henrietta Rose-Innes (born 1971), novelist and short story writer
- Maria Elizabeth Rothmann (1875 – 1975)
- Rona Rupert (1934 – 1995)
- Diana E. H. Russell (born 1938), feminist writer and activist
S
- Mary Sadler (born 1941), novelist
- Arja Salafranca (born 1971), poet
- Lin Sampson, journalist
- Riana Scheepers (born 1957), writer of children's books, short fiction and poetry
- Patricia Schonstein (born 1952), novelist, poet, author of children’s books
- Olive Schreiner (1855 – 1920), novelist, anti-war campaigner
- Jenefer Shute, novelist
- Joyce Sikakane (born 1943), journalist and activist
- Ansuyah Ratipul Singh (1917 – 1978), medical doctor and writer
- Elinor Sisulu (born 1958)
- Paula Slier, television, radio and print journalist
- Gillian Slovo (born 1952), novelist, playwright and memoirist
- Charlene Leonora Smith, journalist and biographer of Nelson Mandela
- Pauline Smith (1882 – 1959), novelist
- Lina Spies (born 1939), poet
- Wilma Stockenström (born 1933), writer, translator, and actor
- Cynthia Stockley (1873 – 1936), novelist
- Toni Stuart (born 1983), poet
T
- Jane Taylor (born 1956)
- Gladys Thomas (born 1934), playwright, poet and children's writer
- Miriam Tlali (1933 – 2017), novelist
- Marianne du Toit (born 1970)
- Barbara Trapido (born 1941)
- Jann Turner (born 1964), film director, novelist, television director and screenwriter
U
- Shereen Usdin (born 1962)
V
- Marita van der Vyver (born 1958)
- Marjorie van Heerden (born 1949)
- Mary-Anne Plaatjies van Huffel
- Marlene van Niekerk
- Verna Vels (1933 – 2014)
- Lettie Viljoen, pseudonym of author Ingrid Winterbach
W
- Zukiswa Wanner (born 1976), journalist and novelist
- Harriet Ward (1808 – 1873)
- Marie Warder (1927 – 2014)
- Crystal Warren
- Mary Watson (born 1975)
- Elizabeth Weber (born 1923)
- Mary Morison Webster (1894 – 1980), novelist and poet
- Zoë Wicomb (born 1948), author and academic
- Sarah Wild, science journalist and author
- Margaret Wild (born 1948)
- Faldela Williams (1952 – 2014)
- Wendy Wood (1892 – 1981)
X
- Makhosazana Xaba (born 1957), poet
Z
- Rachel Zadok, novelist
- Rose Zwi (born 1928)
- Zoë Bogale
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