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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

This is a list of noted South African poets, poets born or raised in South Africa, whether living there or overseas, and writing in one of the indigenous South African languages.

A-C



  • Lionel Abrahams
  • Tatamkulu Afrika
  • Mike Alfred
  • Ingrid Andersen
  • AE Ballakisten
  • Gabeba Baderoon
  • Shabbir Banoobhai
  • Sinclair Beiles
  • Robert Berold
  • Vonani Bila
  • Roy Blumenthal
  • Herman Charles Bosman
  • Breyten Breytenbach
  • Dennis Brutus
  • Guy Butler
  • Roy Campbell
  • Charl Cilliers
  • Sue Clark
  • Johnny Clegg
  • Jack Cope
  • Jeremy Cronin
  • Patrick Cullinan
  • Gary Cummiskey
  • Sheila Cussons

D-G



  • Achmat Dangor
  • Ingrid de Kok
  • Phillippa Yaa de Villiers
  • Isobel Dixon
  • Modikwe Dikobe
  • <li>Angifi Dladla
  • I D du Plessis
  • Koos du Plessis
  • Finuala Dowling
  • Elisabeth Eybers
  • Kingsley Fairbridge
  • Gus Ferguson
  • Sheila Meiring Fugard
  • Keith Gottschalk
  • Stephen Gray
  • Robert Greig
  • Mafika Gwala

H-L



  • Megan Hall
  • Joan Hambidge
  • Colleen Higgs
  • Robert Homem
  • Christopher Hope
  • Peter Horn
  • Allan Kolski Horwitz
  • Alan James
  • Wopko Jensma
  • Liesl Jobson
  • Sarah Johnson
  • Ingrid Jonker
  • Aryan Kaganof
  • Anne Kellas
  • Keorapetse Kgositsile
  • Olga Kirsch
  • Koos Kombuis
  • Rustum Kozain
  • Uys Krige
  • Antjie Krog
  • Anton Krueger
  • Mazisi Kunene
  • Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven
  • C. Louis Leipoldt
  • Douglas Livingstone

M



  • Don Maclennan
  • Mzi Mahola
  • Eugene Marais
  • Andrew Martens
  • John Mateer
  • Don Mattera
  • James Matthews
  • Mzwakhe Mbuli
  • Kim McClenaghan
  • Michelle McGrane
  • Sheila Meiring Fugard
  • Joan Metelerkamp
  • Ruth Miller
  • Abdul Milazi
  • Kobus Moolman
  • Isabella Motadinyane
  • Seitlhamo Motsapi
  • Casey Motsisi
  • S.E.K. Mqhayi
  • Oswald Mtshali
  • Amitabh Mitra

N-S



  • Arthur Nortje
  • D. J. Opperman
  • William Plomer
  • Karen Press
  • Thomas Pringle
  • Lesego Rampolokeng
  • Azila Talit Reisenberger
  • Robert Royston
  • Arja Salafranca
  • Sipho Sepamla
  • Mongane Wally Serote
  • Steve Shapiro
  • Adam Small

T-Z



  • Totius
  • Ernst van Heerden
  • Christopher van Wyk
  • A.G. Visser
  • Wayne Visser
  • Benedict Wallet Vilakazi
  • Crystal Warren
  • Stephen Watson
  • Mary Morison Webster
  • George Weideman
  • David Wright
  • Makhosazana Xaba
  • Gert Vlok Nel

See also



  • List of poets
  • List of South African writers
  • South African literature
  • South African poetry


 
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