Udorongodzwa hwe vanyori vekuZimbabwe
Mataridziko
Peji rino ndere udorongodzwa hwe vanyori vekwedu kunyika ye Zimbabwe.
- N. H. Brettell (1908 –1991), Nyanduri
- NoViolet Bulawayo (1981– ), Munovhera (novelist)
- Patrick Chakaipa (1932–2003), Munovhera
- Charles C Singende (1943–2007), Nyanduri ne Shona Literature Bureau, contributor ne compiler we Nhetembo 1977
- L. Washington Chaparadza (1929–1964), Munovhera
- Paul Chidyausiku (1929– ), Muparidzi ne Munovhera
- Bernard Chidzero (1927–2002), economist uye Munovhera
- Samuel Chimsoro (1949– ), munovhera
- Shimmer Chinodya (1957– ), nyanduri, munyori wenyayadiki story writer, novelist, and textbook writer
- Edmund Chipamaunga (1938 – ), Munyori we manovheri
- Herbert Chitepo (1923– ), Munyori we manovheri
- Raymond Choto (1962– ), journalist and novelist
- A. S. Cripps (1869–1952), priest, short story writer and poet
- Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959– ), novelist
- John Eppel (1947– ), novelist, poet and short story writer
- Petina Gappah (1971– ), short-story writer and novelist
- Chenjerai Hove (1956– ), novelist, poet, critic and editor
- Wilson Katiyo (1947–2003), novelist
- Philios Mtshane Khumalo (1925– ), Shona writer
- Giles Kuimba (1936– ), novelist
- Doris Lessing (1919–2013), born in Persia (now Iran), Nobel literature prize-winner, critic, novelist and short story writer
- Ignatius Mabasa (1971– ), poet and novelist
- Nevanji Madanhire (1961– ), novelist and editor of the Zimbabwe Standard
- Wiseman Magwa (1962– ), playwright
- Barbara Makhalisa (1949– ), novelist and short story writer
- Nozipa Maraire (1966– ), doctor and writer
- John Marangwanda (1923– ), Shona novelist
- Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987), novelist
- Edmund Masundire (1966– ), novelist
- Timothy O. McLoughlin (1937– ), novelist, poet and editor
- Cont Mhlanga, playwright, actor and theatre director
- S. O. Mlilo (1924–1995), Ndebele novelist
- Aaron Chiwundura Moyo (1959– ), novelist and playwright
- Charles Mudede (1949– ), writer, filmmaker, and leftwing cultural critic
- George Mujajati (1957– ), playwright and novelist
- Charles Mungoshi (1947– ), writer and editor
- David Mungoshi (1949–2020), novelist and poet
- Masimba Musodza (1976– ), screenwriter, novelist, producer
- Solomon Mutswairo (1924– ), novelist and poet (see also Zambia)
- Togara Muzanenhamo (1975– ), poet
- Geoffrey Ndhlala (1949– )
- Emmanuel Ngara (1947– ), academic
- Mthandazo Ndema Ngwenya (1949–1992), novelist, radio playwright and poet
- Stanley Nyamfukudza (1951– ), novelist and short story writer
- Freedom Nyamubaya (1958–2015), poet
- Emmanuel F. Ribeiro (1935– ), novelist
- Kristina Rungano (1963– ), first published woman poet in Zimbabwe
- Joe Ruzvidzo (1979– ), journalist and short story writer
- Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988), historian and novelist
- Amos M. P. Sibanda (1927– ), novelist
- Ndabezinhle S. Sigogo (1932–2006), novelist and editor
- Ndabaningi Sithole (1922–2000), historian, politician, and novelist
- Alexander McCall Smith (1948– ), also connected with Botswana, lawyer and novelist
- Valerie Tagwira
- T. K. Tsodzo / Thompson K. Tsodzo (1947– ), novelist
- Lawrence Vambe (1917– ) critic
- Nothando Cindy Usayi (2004– ), novelist; youngest published author of a full-length novel
- Yvonne Vera, also connected with Canada (1964–2005), novelist, short story writer and editor
- Andrew Whaley (1958– )
- Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (1955– ), historian, critic, novelist and short story writer
- Musaemura Zimunya (1949– ), poet, critic and short story writer
- Memory Chirere. poet, novelist, critic, short story writer
- Itai Muwati . critic, poet
- Emmanuel Chiwome, critic, novelist