Merna Wilson

Daphne Merna Wilson, who wrote as Merna Wilson, was a Zimbabwean journalist, poet and novelist. She became active as a writer in pre-independence Rhodesia.

Life Merna Wilson was born in Kwekwe and educated at Mutare High School. She was a correspondent for African World from 1965 to 1967, and later worked as a buyer. The book gave a fictional portrayal of Terrence Ranger as 'Professor Granger', a pro-Communist manipulator of liberal opinion outside Rhodesia.

Wilson won the Rhodesian P.E.N. award in 1978. She was on the editorial board of Two Tone. ) The Country of the Mind. Salisbury: Kailani Books, 1981. Poetry. (ed.) The Wilder Shores of Love. Harare: Gemini, 1984. Poetry anthology.