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Zoë Wicomb
South Africa
,
United Kingdom
1948
–
2025
Gillian Slovo
South Africa
1952
–
Jayne Bauling
South Africa
,
United Kingdom
–
Lynn Freed
South Africa
1945
–
2025
Magogodi oaMphela Makhene
South Africa
–
Azola Dayile
South Africa
–
Mary Benson
South Africa
1919
–
2000
Phillippa Yaa De Villiers
South Africa
1966
–
Janine Van Rooy-Overmeyer
South Africa
–
Emma Mashinini
South Africa
1929
–
2017
Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele
South Africa
1948
–
Lindiwe Mabuza
South Africa
1938
–
2021
Pieter Hugo
South Africa
1976
–
Alex La Guma
South Africa
1924
–
1985
Ruth First
South Africa
1925
–
1982
Dorian Haarhoff
Namibia
,
South Africa
1944
–
Es’kia Mphahlele
South Africa
1919
–
2008
Sifiso Mzobe
South Africa
–
Lidudumalingani Mqombothi
South Africa
–
Shafinaaz Hassim
South Africa
–
Bessie Head
Botswana
,
South Africa
1937
–
1986
Lauren Beukes
South Africa
1976
–
Yewande Omotoso
Barbados
,
Nigeria
,
South Africa
1980
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Mary Watson
South Africa
1975
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Alan Paton
South Africa
1903
–
1988
Gavin Evans
South Africa
,
United Kingdom
1960
–
Cynthia Jele
South Africa
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Mark Behr
South Africa
,
Tanzania
1963
–
2015
Ingrid Winterbach
South Africa
1948
–
Karen Jennings
South Africa
1982
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Thando Mgqolozana
South Africa
1983
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Siphiwo Mahala
South Africa
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S. J. Naudé
South Africa
1970
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Nadine Gordimer
South Africa
1923
–
2014
Sisonke Msimang
Australia
,
South Africa
,
Zambia
1974
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Sindiwe Magona
South Africa
1943
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Wilbur Smith
South Africa
,
United Kingdom
,
Zambia
1933
–
2021
Niq Mhlongo
South Africa
1973
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Marlene van Niekerk
South Africa
1954
–
Dalene Matthee
South Africa
1938
–
2005
Chris Barnard
South Africa
1939
–
2015
Damon Galgut
South Africa
1963
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Fred Khumalo
South Africa
1966
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Zukiswa Wanner
South Africa
1976
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Ivan Vladislavić
Croatia
,
South Africa
1957
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Bryce Courtenay
Australia
,
South Africa
1933
–
2012
Angela Makholwa
South Africa
1976
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Nthikeng Mohlele
South Africa
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Eddie Ndopu
Namibia
,
South Africa
1990
–
Zakes Mda
South Africa
1948
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