Francophone literature

The Serments de Strasbourg, the oldest presereved text in the French language.

Leopold Sedar Senghor a prominent Francophone writer and politician. Senghor was the first African elected as a member of the Académie française.

French and Francophone literature

French literature By category French language

French literary history

Medieval 16th century - 17th century 18th century - 19th century 20th century - Contemporary

Francophone literature

Francophone literature Literature of Quebec Postcolonial literature Literature of Haiti

French language authors

Chronological list

French Writers

Writers - Novelists Playwrights - Poets Essayists Short Story Writers

Forms

Novel - Poetry - Plays

Genres

Science Fiction - Comics Fantastique

Movements

Naturalism - Symbolism Surrealism - Existentialism Nouveau Roman Theatre of the Absurd

Criticism & Awards

Literary theory - Critics Literary Prizes

Most visited

Molière - Racine - Balzac Stendhal - Flaubert Emile Zola - Marcel Proust Samuel Beckett - Albert Camus

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Francophone literature is literature written in the French language. Most often the term is misused to refer only to literature from francophone countries outside France, but this category includes French Literature, or Literature of France, that is literature written by French authors. Francophone literature therefore applies to the whole French-speaking world in the broadest sense of the term.

Francophone literature may refer to aspects of:

• Literature of French-speaking European countries
  • Literature of France
  • Literature of Belgium
  • Literature of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
  • Literature of Switzerland
• Literature of Canada
  • List of French Canadian writers from outside Quebec
  • Literature of Quebec
    • List of Quebec authors
• Literature of French-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies
  • Literature of Haiti
  • Literature of Guadeloupe
  • Literature of Martinique
• Literature of Francophone Africa
  • Literature of Algeria
  • Literature of Benin
  • Literature of Burkina Faso
  • Literature of Burundi
  • Literature of Cameroun
  • Literature of the Central African Republic
  • Literature of Chad
  • Literature of the Comoros
  • Literature of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Literature of the Republic of the Congo
  • Literature of Côte d'Ivoire
  • Literature of Djibouti
  • Literature of Gabon
  • Literature of Guinea
  • Literature of Madagascar
  • Literature of Mali
  • Literature of Mauritania
  • Literature of Mauritius
  • Literature of Morocco
  • Literature of Niger
  • Literature of Rwanda
  • Literature of Réunion
  • Literature of Senegal
  • Literature of the Seychelles
  • Literature of Togo
  • Literature of Tunisia
  • Postcolonial literature
  • List of African writers (by country)

• Francophone literature of countries in Asia
  • Literature of Lebanon (see: Écrivains libanais francophones)
  • Literature of Cambodia
  • Literature of Laos
  • Literature of Vietnam

Examples of francophone writers

• List of French language poets
• List of French language authors
• Georges Simenon (Belgium)
• Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgium)
• Léopold Sédar Senghor (Senegal)
• Samuel Beckett (Ireland)
• Blaise Cendrars (Switzerland)
• Émile Nelligan (Canada)

See also

• Francophonie