List of Rwandan writers

This is a list of Rwandan writers.

Number Writer Birth Year Death Year Brief Description Notes
1 Amata Giramata 1996 Alive Poet, feminist, writer and activist
2 Maggy Correa French-language autobiographical writer [1]
3 Edouard Gasarabwe 1938 Alive Novelist and folklorist [2]
4 Jeannine Herrmann-Grisius French-language novelist [3]
5 Immaculée Ilibagiza 1972 Alive Autobiographical and religious writer [2]
6 Alexis Kagame 1912 1981 Priest, scholar and writer [2][4][5]
7 Thérèse Muamini French-language novelist [6]
8 Eugénie Musayidire 1952 Alive Writer of the German Mein Stein spricht (1999), covering the Rwandan genocide
9 Yolande Mukagasana 1954 Alive French-language autobiographical writer [7]
10 J. Savério Nayigiziki 1915 1984 Educator, translator and writer [2][4]
11 Joseph Ndwaniye 1962 Alive Nurse, writer [8]
12 Cyprien Rugumba 1935 1994 Poet, composer and scholar [2]
13 Benjamin Sehene 1959 Alive Novelist and non-fiction writer
14 Marie-Aimable Umurerwa French-language autobiographical writer. Social worker [9]
15 Marie Béatrice Umutesi 1959 Alive Sociologist. French-language autobiographical writer [10]
16 Germain Muhirwa 1978 Alive Spirituality, Non-fiction, Afrika, Bible, and The 1994 Tutsis Genocide Revelation. [11]

17 Tete Loeper 1990 Alive Fiction-non-fiction-Memoir and poems loeper.com <ref>loeper.com/ref>

See also

References
  1. The University of Western Australia (3 May 2001). "Maggy Correa: An author from Rwanda, Writing In French" (Translated from the original French language. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012). Perth: The University of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. Simon Gikandi, ed. (2002). Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3.
  3. The University of Western Australia (16 July 2013). "Jeannine Herrmann-Grisius: An Author from Switzerland and Rwanda Writing in French". Perth: The University of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. Janheinz Jahn, Ulla Schild & Almut Nordmann Seiler, ed. (1972). Who's who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries. Horst Erdmann Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7711-0153-4.
  5. Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, ed. (2000). The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-33633-3.
  6. The University of Western Australia (14 September 1996). "Thérèse Muamini: An Author From Rwanda, Writing In French" (Translated from the original French language. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012). Perth: The University of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  7. The University of Western Australia (14 December 2000). "Yolande Mukagasana: An Author from Rwanda writing in French" (Translated from the original French language. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013). Perth: The University of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  8. AEB Association of Belgian French-language Writers (2011). "Profile of Joseph Ndwaniye" (Translated from the original French Language). Brussels: Ecrivainsbelges.be. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  9. The University of Western Australia (4 May 2001). "Marie-Aimable Umurerwa: An author from Rwanda writing in French" (Translated from the original French language on 10 May 2013). Perth: The University of Western Australia. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  10. The University of Western Australia (13 June 2000). "Marie Béatrice Umutes: An author from Rwanda writing in French" (Translated from the original French language on 16 December 2012). Perth: The University of Western Australia. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  11. Germain Muhirwa (23 October 2020). The Heaven Test in Rwanda in 1994. Montreal: Westbow Press. ISBN 978-1664208148.
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