List of Namibians - Writers

Writers

  • Joseph Diescho (born 1955), novelist
  • Dorian Haarhoff, poet
  • Alfredo Tjiurimo Hengari, political columnist
  • Gwen Lister, journalist
  • Christi Warner, performance poet, playwright

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