Category
page 120th-century South African poets
Breyten Breytenbach
South African writer and painter (1939–2024)
Eugène Terre'Blanche
Afrikaner nationalist (1941–2010)
Gcina Mhlope
South African writer and anti-apartheid activist
Ingrid Jonker
Bilingual South African poet and political dissident (1933–1965)
Dennis Brutus
South African activist and writer (1924–2009)
Roy Campbell
South African poet (1901–1957)
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven
South African politician (1873-1932)
Zakes Mda
South African writer
Elisabeth Eybers
South African poet (1915–2007)
Uys Krige
Afrikaner poet and translator (1910–1987)
D. J. Opperman
South African poet (1914–1985)
Mongane Wally Serote
South African poet and writer
N. P. van Wyk Louw
South African poet (1906–1970)
Tatamkhulu Afrika
Poet, writer (1920–2002)
Sheila Cussons
South African poet (1922–2004)
Keorapetse Kgositsile
South African poet and political activist (1938-2018)
Benedict Wallet Vilakazi
South African Zulu poet, novelist, and educator (1906–1947)
Sheila Meiring Fugard
South African poet
C. Louis Leipoldt
South African poet, dramatist, medical doctor, reporter, food expert and botanical collector (1880–1947)
Olga Kirsch
Israeli poet in afrikaans
Achmat Dangor
South African writer (1948–2020)
Christopher Hope
South African novelist and poet
Robert Calvert
South African poet, writer, musician (1945-1988)
Mazisi Kunene
South African poet (1930–2006)
Patricia Schonstein
South African writer and poet
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
South African poet
Jeremy Cronin
South African politician, writer and poet
Jack Cope
South African novelist, poet and editor
C. M. van den Heever
South African writer
Stephen Gray
South African writer (1941-2020)
Jeanne Goosen
Mwandishi kutokea Africa kusini. (1938–2020)
Hennie Aucamp
Afrikaans poet/short story writer/cabaretist/academic (1934–2014)
Jacobus Daniël du Toit
South African poet, writer, professor (1877 – 1953)
Sibusiso Nyembezi
South African writer of Zulu nationality (1919–2000)
Lionel Abrahams
South African novelist, poet, editor, critic, essayist and publisher (1928–2004)
Amitabh Mitra
South African poet
Guy Butler
South African writer (1918-2001)
Sydney Vernon Petersen
South African poet (1914–1987)
Mary Morison Webster
South African writer
John Matshikiza
South African actor (1954-2008)
James Matthews
South African poet, writer and publisher (1929–2024)
Ernst van Heerden
South African poet
Patrick Cullinan
South African poet
D. F. Malherbe
South African writer
Sipho Sepamla
Contemporary South African poet and novelist (1932-2007)
Gert Vlok Nel
South African poet
Amelia Blossom Pegram
South African writer
Duma Ndlovu
South African television producer and writer
Shabbir Banoobhai
South African poet
Toni Stuart
South African poet
Wopko Jensma
South African poet