Literary Library

Es'kia Mphahlele

December 17, 1919 - October 27, 2008South African writer, educator, artist and activistAuthor of "The Wanderers" (for which he won the African Art...

William Plomer

December 10, 1903 - September 21, 1973South African novelist, poet, literary editor and librettistAuthor of "I Speak of Africa", "In a Bombed House...

Rian Malan

December 1, 1954 - South African author, journalist, documentarian and songwriterAuthor of "My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Fa...

Mary Renault

September 4, 1905 - December 13, 1983English and South African writer of historical novelsAuthor of "The Charioteer", "Fire From Heaven" and "The P...

Dennis Brutus

November 28, 1924 - December 26, 2009South African activist, educator, journalist and poetAuthor of "Letters to Martha: And Other Poems from a Sou...

Nadine Gordimer

November 20, 1923 - July 13, 2014South African writer and political activistAuthor of "The Conservationist" (for which she won the Man Booker Priz...