20th-century South African male writers

The list 20th-century South African male writers includes Nelson Mandela, Johannes Kerkorrel, Steve Biko, Winston Ntshona and Ronald Harwood. The list consists of 99 members.

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1.

Nelson Mandela

President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999

Overview: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 ...

Date of birth: 18 July 1918

Date of death: 5 December 2013

Age: 95 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Head of State

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Respiratory disease deaths in South Africa 4T

Deaths from respiratory tract infection 20T

International Simón Bolívar Prize recipients 11T
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Desmond Tutu

South African bishop and anti-apartheid activist (1931–2021)

Overview: Desmond Mpilo Tutu OMSG CH (7 October 1931 – 26 December 2021) was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was the Bishop ...

Date of birth: 7 October 1931

Date of death: 26 December 2021

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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2021 deaths 9,678T

Anglican anti-apartheid activists 9T

Desmond Tutu 15T
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Johannes Kerkorrel

South African singer-songwriter

Overview: Johannes Kerkorrel (27 March 1960 – 12 November 2002), born Ralph John Rabie, was a South African singer-songwriter, journalist and playwright.

Date of birth: 27 March 1960

Date of death: 12 November 2002

Age: 42 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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2002 suicides 43T

20th-century South African singers 59T

20th-century journalists 2,834T
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Steve Biko

South African anti-apartheid activist (1946–1977)

Overview: Bantu Stephen Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he was at the forefront of a grassroots ...

Date of birth: 18 December 1946

Date of death: 12 September 1977

Age: 30 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Male

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Extrajudicial killings in South Africa 12T

Biko family 3T

20th-century South African politicians 58T
5.

Winston Ntshona

South African actor

Overview: Winston Ntshona (6 October 1941 – 2 August 2018) was a South African playwright and actor. He won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1975.

Date of birth: 6 October 1941

Date of death: 2 August 2018

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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2018 deaths 9,212T

2018 deaths 7,472T

20th-century South African writers 32T
6.

Ronald Harwood

South African dramatist and playwright

Overview: Sir Ronald Harwood, CBE, FRSL (born Ronald Horwitz; 9 November 1934 – 8 September 2020) was a South African-born British author, playwright and screenwriter. He is most noted for his plays for the ...

Date of birth: 9 November 1934

Date of death: 8 September 2020

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

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20th-century English dramatists and playwrights 283T

Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award winners 61T

2020 deaths 13,569T
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Athol Fugard

South African playwright (1932-2025)

Overview: Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard (11 June 1932 – 8 March 2025) was a South African playwright, novelist, actor and director. Widely regarded as South Africa's greatest playwright and acclaimed as "the ...

Date of birth: 11 June 1932

Date of death: 8 March 2025

Age: 92 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Playwright

Gender: Male

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South African male dramatists and playwrights 14T

South African anti-apartheid activists 527T

Special Tony Award recipients 134T
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Keorapetse Kgositsile

South African poet and journalist

Overview: Keorapetse William Kgositsile (19 September 1938 – 3 January 2018), also known by his pen name Bra Willie, was a South African Tswana poet, journalist and political activist. An influential member of the ...

Date of birth: 19 September 1938

Date of death: 3 January 2018

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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21st-century South African male writers 30T

Kgositsile family 4T

2018 deaths 9,212T
9.

Harry Bloom

South African journalist, novelist, and lecturer

Overview: Harry Saul Bloom (1 January 1913 – 28 July 1981) was a South African journalist, novelist, activist and lecturer.

Date of birth: 1 January 1913

Date of death: 28 July 1981

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

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20th-century South African novelists 60T

20th-century male writers 5,043T

South African male novelists 83T
10.

J.M. Coetzee

South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)

Overview: John Maxwell Coetzee (born 9 February 1940) is a South African-born novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is one of the most critically acclaimed ...

Date of birth: 9 February 1940

Age: 85

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Linguist

Gender: Male

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Recipients of the Delmira Agustini Medal 18T

Afrikaner anti-apartheid activists 26T

21st-century South African male writers 30T
11.

Andre Brink

South African writer

Overview: André Philippus Brink, OIS (29 May 1935 – 6 February 2015) was a South African novelist. He wrote in both Afrikaans and English and taught English at the University of Cape Town.

Date of birth: 29 May 1935

Date of death: 6 February 2015

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Male

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Afrikaner anti-apartheid activists 26T

Afrikaans-language poets 40T

21st-century South African male writers 30T
12.

Gert Vlok Nel

South African poet

Overview: Gert Vlok Nel (Beaufort West, 1963) is a South African poet. He studied English, Afrikaans and history at Stellenbosch University and worked as a guide, a bartender and a watchman. He has published one ...

Date of birth: 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Afrikaans-language poets 40T

South African male poets 63T

20th-century male writers 5,043T
13.

Matthew Parris

Journalist

Overview: Matthew Francis Parris (born 7 August 1949) is a British political writer and broadcaster, formerly a Conservative Member of Parliament. He was born in South Africa to British parents.

Date of birth: 7 August 1949

Age: 75

Nationality: British

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Derbyshire 94T

LGBT members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 155T

Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 3,688T
14.

Noel Langley

South African writer

Overview: Noel Langley (25 December 1911 – 4 November 1980) was a South African-born (later naturalised American) novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director. He wrote the screenplay which formed the basis for ...

Date of birth: 25 December 1911

Date of death: 4 November 1980

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Male

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20th-century American screenwriters 1,746T

Naturalized citizens of the United States 511T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T
15.

Stuart Cloete

South African writer (1897–1976)

Overview: Edward Fairly Stuart Graham Cloete (23 July 1897 – 19 March 1976) was a South African novelist, essayist, biographer and short story writer.

Date of birth: 23 July 1897

Date of death: 19 March 1976

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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South African male short story writers 25T

20th-century South African novelists 60T

20th-century male writers 5,043T
16.

Derek Watts

South Africa television presenter and investigative journalist (1948–2023)

Overview: Derek Neil Watts (24 November 1948 – 22 August 2023) was a South African investigative reporter and television presenter who worked for Carte Blanche, on M-Net for 35 years from 1988 until 2023.

Date of birth: 24 November 1948

Date of death: 22 August 2023

Age: 74 (age at death)

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Cosmo Pieterse

South African writer

Overview: Cosmo George Leipoldt Pieterse (born 1930 in Windhoek, Namibia) is a South African playwright, actor, poet, literary critic and anthologist.

Date of birth: 1930

Age: 94

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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20th-century male writers 5,043T

20th-century South African poets 61T

South African male actors 56T
18.

Lewis Nkosi

South African writer and literary critic (1936–2010)

Overview: Lewis Nkosi (5 December 1936 – 5 September 2010) was a South African writer, who spent 30 years in exile as a consequence of restrictions placed on him and his writing by the Suppression of Communism Act ...

Date of birth: 5 December 1936

Date of death: 5 September 2010

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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21st-century South African male writers 30T

South African male short story writers 25T

21st-century South African novelists 32T
19.

Stephen Black (playwright)

South African writer

Overview: Stephen William Black (1880, Claremont, Cape – 1931) was a South African playwright, who has been called "South Africa's first professional dramatist".

Date of birth: 1880

Date of death: 1931

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Playwright

Gender: Male

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20th-century South African writers 32T

South African male writers 18T

Male dramatists and playwrights 1,182T
20.

Chris Barnard (author)

South African writer

Overview: Christian Johan Barnard (15 July 1939 – 28 December 2015), known as Chris Barnard, was a South African author and movie scriptwriter. He was known for writing Afrikaans novels, novellas, columns ...

Date of birth: 15 July 1939

Date of death: 28 December 2015

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Afrikaner anti-apartheid activists 26T

Afrikaans-language poets 40T

South African male short story writers 25T