Moira Lovell

Moira Lovell (born May 30, 1951) was a South African poet, playwright and literary critic prominent in Pietermaritzburg. She has released 5 books of poetry, along with plays and works of fiction. She received the Olive Schreiner Prize for playwriting in 2000.

Lovell was born in Harare, and educated at the University of Cape Town and the University of KwaZulu-Natal. In Pietermaritzburg, she taught English for 4 decades, becoming the head of English at The Wykeham Collegiate, a private girls' school, before retiring in 2015.