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Top 100 Writers in South Africa

The most publicly visible writers in South Africa.

Most famous living

The most famous writers in South Africa right now — ranked by the public attention they command across search, news, Wikipedia, and social.

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#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	new	J. M. Coetzee	South Africa	Writers	71.9	2.8
#2	new	Antjie Krog	South Africa	Writers	53.9	4.6
#3	new	Tim Jenkin	South Africa	Writers	53.5	20.5
#4	new	Lauren Beukes	South Africa	Writers	52.8	1.1
#5	new	Damon Galgut	South Africa	Writers	52.8	0.0
#6	new	Deon Meyer	South Africa	Writers	50.9	0.1
#7	new	Zenani Mandela-Dlamini	South Africa	Writers	50.9	0.0
#8	new	Mpho Andrea Tutu	South Africa	Writers	49.8	10.7
#9	new	John van de Ruit	South Africa	Writers	48.3	9.9
#10	new	MM Mzwakhe Mbuli	South Africa	Writers	48.1	23.2
#11	new	ND Nadia Davids	South Africa	Writers	48.1	10.0
#12	new	Gillian Slovo	South Africa	Writers	47.9	15.0
#13	new	ZM Zakes Mda	South Africa	Writers	47.6	3.6
#14	new	Marlene van Niekerk	South Africa	Writers	47.4	15.6
#15	new	IV Ivan Vladislavic	South Africa	Writers	46.6	10.2
#16	new	Amitabh Mitra	South Africa	Writers	45.7	8.6
#17	new	Sindiwe Magona	South Africa	Writers	45.3	15.7
#18	new	SS Shawn Slovo	South Africa	Writers	45.0	15.0
#19	new	MT Marianne Thamm	South Africa	Writers	44.9	15.0
#20	new	Barbara Masekela	South Africa	Writers	44.7	0.0
#21	new	Angus Buchan	South Africa	Writers	44.7	0.6
#22	new	RM Rian Malan	South Africa	Writers	44.5	0.4
#23	new	MW Mary Watson	South Africa	Writers	44.4	25.0
#24	new	Lebogang Mashile	South Africa	Writers	44.0	0.0
#25	new	Max du Preez	South Africa	Writers	43.9	2.0
#26	new	Njabulo Ndebele	South Africa	Writers	43.8	4.7
#27	new	Dan Roodt	South Africa	Writers	43.6	1.3
#28	new	CH Christopher Hope	South Africa	Writers	43.4	2.5
#29	new	Wilma Stockenström	South Africa	Writers	43.3	2.6
#30	new	Mongane Wally Serote	South Africa	Writers	43.0	0.0
#31	new	BN Beverley Naidoo	South Africa	Writers	42.9	3.1
#32	new	SM Sheila Meiring Fugard	South Africa	Writers	42.8	10.3
#33	new	Elleke Boehmer	South Africa	Writers	42.7	15.0
#34	new	IJ Irma Joubert	South Africa	Writers	42.5	2.0
#35	new	Aryan Kaganof	South Africa	Writers	42.4	2.2
#36	new	Ernst Roets	South Africa	Writers	42.0	0.0
#37	new	OM Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali	South Africa	Writers	41.7	15.0
#38	new	Cherry Adair	South Africa	Writers	41.5	18.7
#39	new	CD Ceridwen Dovey	South Africa	Writers	41.5	15.0
#40	new	Sisonke Msimang	South Africa	Writers	41.1	0.0

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