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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... This is a list of novelists from Africa, ...
This is a list of prominent and notable writers from Africa. It includes poets , novelists , children's writers , essayists , and scholars , listed by country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
As George Joseph notes in his chapter on African Literature [3] in Understanding Contemporary Africa, whereas European views of literature stressed a separation of art and content, African awareness is inclusive and "literature" can also simply mean an artistic use of words for the sake of art alone. Traditionally, Africans do not radically ...
Books in the series have also won the Commonwealth Prize, the NOMA Award for African Writing, the Caine Prize for African Writing, and Guardian Fiction Prize. In 2002, at a celebration of Africa's 100 Best Books of the Twentieth Century, Heinemann was given a prize, as 12 of the titles chosen were from the series. [18]
His novel The Heart of Redness won the 2001 Commonwealth Writers Prize, and was made a part of the school curriculum across South Africa. Miriam Tlali was the first black woman to publish a novel in South Africa with Muriel at Metropolitan (1975) (also known as Between Two Worlds). John Maxwell (J. M.) Coetzee was also first published in the 1970s.
The following is a list of notable works of fiction which are set in South Africa: Age of Iron by J. M. Coetzee; Karoo Boy by Troy Blacklaws; Burger's Daughter by Nadine Gordimer; The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer; Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful by Alan Paton; Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton; Too Late the Phalarope by Alan Paton ...
While Thomas Mofolo's work has been widely examined, his life story has been largely overlooked and no complete biography has been published. [1] What is known stems from a short autobiographical sketch that appeared in 1930, the work of Daniel Kunene in the 1980s, and more recent archival research by the curator of Morija Museum and Archives.
Bessie Head (1937–1986), born in South Africa, mainly in Botswana; Cat Hellisen (born 1977) Manu Herbstein (born 1936) Christopher Hope (born 1944) Emma Huismans (born 1947) Robin Hyde (1906–1939), born in South Africa, living in New Zealand writer; Mhlobo Jadezweni (born 1954) Karen Jennings (author) (born 1982) Ingrid Jonker (1933–1965)