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Top 100 Writers in South Africa

The most publicly visible writers in South Africa.

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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	—	J. M. Coetzee	South Africa	Writers	71.9	2.8
#2	—	Nadine Gordimer	South Africa	Writers	71.9	1.4
#3	—	Koos Kombuis	South Africa	Writers	58.1	0.9
#4	—	Breyten Breytenbach	South Africa	Writers	57.4	25.0
#5	—	Alan Paton	South Africa	Writers	56.1	16.5
#6	—	André Brink	South Africa	Writers	55.6	15.6
#7	—	Peter Abrahams	South Africa	Writers	55.4	15.0
#8	—	Enoch Mankayi Sontonga	South Africa	Writers	54.4	6.1
#9	—	Zindzi Mandela	South Africa	Writers	54.0	0.0
#10	—	Antjie Krog	South Africa	Writers	53.9	4.6
#11	—	Tim Jenkin	South Africa	Writers	53.5	20.5
#12	—	Lauren Beukes	South Africa	Writers	52.8	1.1
#13	—	Damon Galgut	South Africa	Writers	52.8	0.0
#14	—	Olive Schreiner	South Africa	Writers	52.5	0.0
#15	—	Laurens van der Post	South Africa	Writers	52.1	0.4
#16	—	LA Lawrence Anthony	South Africa	Writers	51.6	10.4
#17	—	Fatima Meer	South Africa	Writers	51.3	5.5
#18	—	Bessie Emery Head	South Africa	Writers	50.9	0.0
#19	—	Deon Meyer	South Africa	Writers	50.9	0.1
#20	—	Zenani Mandela-Dlamini	South Africa	Writers	50.9	0.0
#21	—	Andrew Murray	South Africa	Writers	50.6	0.6
#22	—	Ingrid Jonker	South Africa	Writers	50.0	0.0
#23	—	Mpho Andrea Tutu	South Africa	Writers	49.8	10.7
#24	—	Roy Campbell	South Africa	Writers	49.7	0.0
#25	—	Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven	South Africa	Writers	49.6	7.3
#26	—	Jan Breytenbach	South Africa	Writers	49.3	16.1
#27	—	Arthur Grenfell Wauchope	South Africa	Writers	49.3	10.3
#28	—	Es'kia Mphahlele	South Africa	Writers	49.0	11.1
#29	—	Keorapetse Kgositsile	South Africa	Writers	49.0	0.0
#30	—	John Langalibalele Dube	South Africa	Writers	48.9	0.0
#31	—	Bryce Courtenay	South Africa	Writers	48.8	0.0
#32	—	Robert Calvert	South Africa	Writers	48.6	0.3
#33	—	ZW Zoë Wicomb	South Africa	Writers	48.4	8.7
#34	—	Eugène Marais	South Africa	Writers	48.2	1.7
#35	—	MM Mzwakhe Mbuli	South Africa	Writers	48.1	23.2
#36	—	Winston Ntshona	South Africa	Writers	48.0	0.0
#37	—	Gillian Slovo	South Africa	Writers	47.9	15.0
#38	—	ZM Zakes Mda	South Africa	Writers	47.6	3.6
#39	—	Marlene van Niekerk	South Africa	Writers	47.4	15.6
#40	—	NP N. P. van Wyk Louw	South Africa	Writers	46.6	15.0
#41	—	Dennis Brutus	South Africa	Writers	46.6	0.0
#42	—	IV Ivan Vladislavic	South Africa	Writers	46.6	10.2
#43	—	JM John Matshikiza	South Africa	Writers	46.3	8.2
#44	—	Koos du Plessis	South Africa	Writers	46.0	9.7
#45	—	MT Miriam Tlali	South Africa	Writers	45.9	6.8
#46	—	Amitabh Mitra	South Africa	Writers	45.7	8.6
#47	—	Humphry Knipe	South Africa	Writers	45.6	0.0
#48	—	DM Dalene Matthee	South Africa	Writers	45.4	0.0
#49	—	Neville Alexander	South Africa	Writers	45.2	0.0
#50	—	SS Shawn Slovo	South Africa	Writers	45.0	15.0
#51	—	MT Marianne Thamm	South Africa	Writers	44.9	15.0
#52	—	Karel Schoeman	South Africa	Writers	44.5	0.0
#53	—	Louis Pienaar	South Africa	Writers	44.5	0.3
#54	—	RM Rian Malan	South Africa	Writers	44.5	0.4
#55	—	MW Mary Watson	South Africa	Writers	44.4	25.0
#56	—	Benedict Wallet Vilakazi	South Africa	Writers	44.4	4.3
#57	—	John Tengo Jabavu	South Africa	Writers	44.3	1.6
#58	—	James Percy FitzPatrick	South Africa	Writers	44.0	2.5
#59	—	Lebogang Mashile	South Africa	Writers	44.0	0.0
#60	—	BO Bree O'Mara	South Africa	Writers	43.9	0.0
#61	—	Njabulo Ndebele	South Africa	Writers	43.8	4.7
#62	—	DJ Dan Jacobson	South Africa	Writers	43.7	9.8
#63	—	Dan Roodt	South Africa	Writers	43.6	1.3
#64	—	Mongane Wally Serote	South Africa	Writers	43.0	0.0
#65	—	BN Beverley Naidoo	South Africa	Writers	42.9	3.1
#66	—	Etienne Leroux	South Africa	Writers	42.7	2.1
#67	—	IJ Irma Joubert	South Africa	Writers	42.5	2.0
#68	—	Aryan Kaganof	South Africa	Writers	42.4	2.2
#69	—	C. Louis Leipoldt	South Africa	Writers	42.1	0.0
#70	—	Geoffrey Jenkins	South Africa	Writers	41.8	0.9
#71	—	OM Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali	South Africa	Writers	41.7	15.0
#72	—	MB Mark Behr	South Africa	Writers	41.5	6.0
#73	—	Cherry Adair	South Africa	Writers	41.5	18.7
#74	—	CD Ceridwen Dovey	South Africa	Writers	41.5	15.0
#75	—	DF Dorothea Fairbridge	South Africa	Writers	41.2	7.1
#76	—	Sisonke Msimang	South Africa	Writers	41.1	0.0
#77	—	AS Adam Small	South Africa	Writers	41.1	4.4
#78	—	Johannes Meintjes	South Africa	Writers	41.0	10.6
#79	—	SC Sheila Cussons	South Africa	Writers	40.9	3.5
#80	—	MB Margaret Bakkes	South Africa	Writers	40.9	6.7
#81	—	Ronelda Kamfer	South Africa	Writers	40.9	15.0
#82	—	DF Diana Ferrus	South Africa	Writers	40.8	0.0
#83	—	MK Mazisi Kunene	South Africa	Writers	40.8	0.0
#84	—	Reinhold Rau	South Africa	Writers	40.8	7.2
#85	—	SC Stuart Cloete	South Africa	Writers	40.8	1.2
#86	—	Koleka Putuma	South Africa	Writers	40.6	0.0
#87	—	ID Ian Dalrymple	South Africa	Writers	40.6	0.0
#88	—	Thomas Pringle	South Africa	Writers	40.6	1.1
#89	—	JC Jack Cope	South Africa	Writers	40.6	1.8
#90	—	Don Mattera	South Africa	Writers	40.5	0.1
#91	—	Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi	South Africa	Writers	40.5	0.0
#92	—	CM Clement Martyn Doke	South Africa	Writers	40.4	0.0
#93	—	Jacobus Daniël du Toit	South Africa	Writers	40.4	0.0
#94	—	LC Lindsey Collen	South Africa	Writers	40.3	3.8
#95	—	AV Anoeschka von Meck	South Africa	Writers	40.3	0.0
#96	—	ES Elinor Sisulu	South Africa	Writers	40.3	0.0
#97	—	SM Sheila Meiring Fugard	South Africa	Writers	40.1	0.3
#98	—	Joan Hambidge	South Africa	Writers	40.1	9.5
#99	—	CB Chris Barnard	South Africa	Writers	39.9	0.0
#100	—	PS Pauline Smith	South Africa	Writers	39.8	16.2

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