List of Malawian writers
This is a list of Malawian writers.
- Tito Banda (1950–2014), novelist, academic[1]
- Lewis Mataka Bandawe, author of Memoirs of a Malawian (published 1971)[2]
- Ezra Jofiya Chadza (1923–1985), poet and novelist
- William Chafulumira (1908–1981), writer on social issues[3][4]
- Shadreck Chikoti (1979– ), writer and social activist
- Steve Chimombo (1945–2015), writer, poet, editor and teacher[5]
- Frank Chipasula (1949– ), writer, editor and academic[5]
- Reuben Chirambo ( –2011), scholar of African literature[6]
- Robert Chiwamba, poet[7]
- Walije Gondwe (1936– ), Malawi's first female novelist[8]
- Eunice Gumbi, author of Tili Tonse (short stories for children in Chichewa, 1984)[9]
- Aubrey Kachingwe (1926– ), novelist and short story writer[5][4]
- Lawrence Kadzitche, short story writer[10]
- Samson Kambalu (1975– ), artist and autobiographer
- William Kamkwamba (1987– ), inventor and author
- Gertrude Webster Kamkwatira (1966 – 2006), playwright
- Whyghtone Kamthunzi (1956–2000), novelist
- Legson Kayira (1942–2012), novelist and autobiographer[5][4]
- Stanley Onjezani Kenani (1976– ), writer and poet
- Ken Lipenga (1954– ), politician, journalist and writer[5]
- John Lwanda (1949– ), biographer, poet, doctor, publisher
- Qabaniso Malewezi (1979– ), spoken-word poet[11]
- Benedicto Wokomaatani Malunga (1962– ), poet and broadcaster[12]
- John Mandambwe (1926–), author (with Mario Kolk) of a memoir of his time in the King's African Rifles[13]
- Jack Mapanje (1944– ), writer and poet[5]
- Emily Mkamanga (1949– ), novelist and social commentator
- Felix Mnthali (1933– ), poet, novelist and playwright[5]
- Francis Moto (1952–), writer, academic, and diplomat
- Sam Mpasu (1945– ), novelist and politician; author of prison memoirs
- Edison Mpina (1946–2001), poet[5]
- Ndongolera Mwangupili (1977– ), poet and short story writer
- Anthony Nazombe (1955–2004), poet and academic[5]
- Innocent Masina Nkhonyo (1987– ), short story writer and poet
- Jolly Max Ntaba (1946–93), novelist in Chichewa and English[14]
- Samuel Nthara (1905–1979), novelist and historian[4]
- D.D. Phiri (Desmond Dudwa Phiri), economist, historian and playwright[4]
- David Rubadiri (1930– ), diplomat, academic and poet[5][4]
- Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (1955– ), historian, critic and writer
- Willie Zingani (1954–), novelist in English and Chichewa, journalist, poet, playwright[15]
References
- ↑ Nyasa Times obituary
- ↑ Googlebooks
- ↑ Dictionary of African Christian Biography.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Janheinz Jahn; Ulla Schild; Almut Nordmann Seiler (1972). Who's who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries. Horst Erdmann Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7711-0153-4.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Killam, Douglas & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3
- ↑ Univ. of South Africa obituary
- ↑ Malawi 24 news 6 Nov 2015
- ↑ Lars Eckstein, ed., English Literatures Across the Globe: A Companion, p. 122-3.
- ↑ SOAS Catalogue
- ↑ News story about Kadzitche's publications.
- ↑ Precious Kalolo, "Qabaniso ‘Q’ Malewezi reflects with ‘The Road Taken’", Timeve Magazine.
- ↑ Alfred Msadala, "A look at Bededicto Wokomaatani Malunga", Destined for great things: papers, 1999, pp. 27–8.
- ↑ World Cat identities
- ↑ Profile in the Daily Nation April 4, 2014
- ↑ "Willie Zingani: A Writer of All Ages" (Profile in the Daily Nation newspaper, April 18, 2014).
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