David Sunsly Mungoshi (30 September 1949 – 29 August 2020) was a Zimbabwean novelist, actor, poet and teacher.
He learnt Zulu, similar to Ndebele, which at that time was not recognised as a distinct language, at school.
[1] In 1970, he started teaching at St Annes Goto Primary School in Hwedza.
[2] Mungoshi was a teacher for most of his life, and taught at various institutions, including the University of Zimbabwe.
He won the 2010 National Arts Merit Awards Outstanding Fiction Book for The Fading Sun[3] He is the brother of Charles Mungoshi.