List of South African women writers

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This is a list of South African women writers, including women writers either from or associated with South Africa.

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  • 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 (1931–2019), writer on race and diversity issues in the United Kingdom.
  • Penny Busetto (living), novelist

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Dawn Faith (born 1982), author, musician and social activist
  • 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 (living)
  • Sheila Meiring Fugard (born 1932), writer of short stories and plays

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  • 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 (living), 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

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  • Noni Jabavu (1919–2008), writer and journalist
  • Cynthia Jele (living), novelist
  • Liesl Jobson (living), poet and musician
  • Sarah Johnson (born 1980), poet
  • Isabel Jean Jones (died 2008), consumer journalist
  • Ingrid Jonker (1933–1965), poet
  • Pamela Jooste (living), novelist
  • Elsa Joubert (1922–2020), Afrikaans-language novelist
  • Irma Joubert (living), novelist
  • Leonie Joubert (living), science writer, author and journalist

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  • Ronelda Kamfer (born 1981), poet
  • Farida Karodia (born 1942), novelist and short-story writer
  • Anne Kellas (living), poet, reviewer and editor
  • Olga Kirsch (1924–1997), poet
  • Elizabeth Klarer (1910–1994)
  • Sheila Kohler (born 1941), novelist and short story writer
  • Antjie Krog (born 1952), poet and academic
  • Ellen Kuzwayo (1914–2006), women's rights activist, politician and autobiographer

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  • Rozena Maart (born 1962)
  • Michelle McGrane (born 1974), poet
  • Lindiwe Mabuza (born 1938), poet, academic, journalist, diplomat
  • Sindiwe Magona (born 1943)
  • Angela Makholwa (living), crime fiction writer
  • Barbara Masekela (born 1941), poet, educator, activist
  • Mohale Mashigo (living), 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 (fl. 1920s), poet
  • Gcina Mhlope (born 1958), actress, storyteller, poet, playwright, director
  • Kirsten Miller (living)
  • Ruth Miller (1919–1969), poet
  • Sarah Millin (1889–1968)
  • Natalia Molebatsi (living), 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 (living), author and screenwriter
  • Isabella Motadinyane (1963–2003), poet and actor
  • Ena Murray (1936–2015)
  • Sally-Ann Murray (born 1961)

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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

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  • 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 (living)
  • Marguerite Poland (born 1950)
  • Elsa Pooley (born 1947)
  • Karen Press (born 1956), poet
  • Elaine Proctor (born 1960), film director, screenwriter, novelist, and actress

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R[]

  • Jo-Anne Richards (living), 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 (1938–2020), feminist writer and activist

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