List of Rwandan writers


This is a list of Rwandan writers.
NumberWriterBirth YearDeath YearBrief DescriptionNotes
1Amata Giramata1996AlivePoet, feminist, writer and activist
2Maggy CorreaFrench-language autobiographical writer
3Edouard Gasarabwe1938AliveNovelist and folklorist
4Jeannine Herrmann-GrisiusFrench-language novelist
5Immaculée Ilibagiza1972AliveAutobiographical and religious writer
6Alexis Kagame19121981Priest, scholar and writer
7Thérèse MuaminiFrench-language novelist
8Eugénie Musayidire1952AliveWriter of the German Mein Stein spricht, covering the Rwandan genocide
9Yolande Mukagasana1954AliveFrench-language autobiographical writer
10J. Savério Nayigiziki19151984Educator, translator and writer
11Joseph Ndwaniye1962AliveNurse, writer
12Cyprien Rugumba19351994Poet, composer and scholar
13Benjamin Sehene1959AliveNovelist and non-fiction writer
14Marie-Aimable UmurerwaFrench-language autobiographical writer. Social worker
15Marie Béatrice Umutesi1959AliveSociologist. French-language autobiographical writer