List of Senegalese writers
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This is a list of prominent Senegalese authors
[edit] A - G
- Abdoulaye Sadji (1949- )
- Christine Adjahi Gnimagnon, also connected with Benin
- Berte-Evelyne Agbo, also connected with Benin
- Mariama Bâ (1929–1981), French-language novelist.[1][2]
- Kesso Barry (1948- ), autobiographer born in Guinea.[2]
- Mariama Barry, also connected with Guinea
- Sokhna Benga (1967- )
- Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum
- Francy Brethenoux-Seguin
- Ken Bugul (1948- ), autobiographical writer and novelist.[2]
- Aïssatou Cisse
- Mamadou Cisse (1956- )
- Aïssatou Cissokho
- Aïssatou Diagne Deme
- Nafissatou Dia Diouf (1973- )
- Lamine Diakhate (1928–1987), poet and novelist.[2]
- Nafissatou Niang Diallo (1941–1982), autobiographer, novelist and children's writer.[2]
- Aïssatou Diam, ?
- Mame Younousse Dieng, novelist in French and Wolof.[2]
- Aminata Sophie Dièye (1973- )
- Fatou Diome (1968- )
- Alioune Diop (1910–1980), essayist and intellectual.[1]
- Birago Diop (1906–1989), French-language folklorist, poet and autobiographer.[1][2]
- Boubacar Boris Diop (1946- ), novelist.[2]
- Cheikh Anta Diop (1923–1986), Afrocentric historian and anthropologist.[1]
- David Diop (1927–1960), poet.[1][2]
- Sylviane Diouf
- Khadi Fall (1948- ), poet.[2]
- Kimé Dirama Fall
- Malick Fall (1920–1978), French-language novelist and poet.[1][2]
- Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Togo and Côte d'Ivoire (1932–2003)
[edit] H - O
- Khadidjatou (Khady) Hane
- Aminata Maiga Ka (1940- )
- Cheikh Hamidou Kane (1928- ). French-language novelist.[2]
- Aminata Maïga Ka (1940- ), French-language novelist.[1][2]
- Annette Mbaye d'Erneville (1926- )
- Ndèye Comba Mbengue Diakhaté
- Diana Mordasini
- Cheikh Aliou Ndao (1933- ), novelist, playwright and poet.[2]
- Aminata Ndiaye (1974- )
- Catherine NDiaye (1952- )
- Marie Ndiaye, born in France (1967- ), novelist.[2]
- Mariama Ndoye (1953- ), novelist, short story writer and children's writer.[2]
- Djibril Tamsir Niane (1932- ), novelist and historian.[2]
- Mame Bassine Niang (1951- ), writer and lawyer.[2]
- Fatou Niang Siga (1932- )
[edit] P - Z
- Abdoulaye Sadji (1910–1961), novelist and children's writer.[2]
- Amadou Lamine Sall (1951- ), poet.[2]
- Ibrahima Sall (1949- ), novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer.[2]
- Alioune Badara Seek (1945- ), novelist.[2]
- Ousmane Sembène (1923–2007), writer and filmmaker.[1][2]
- Fama Diagne Sène (1969- )
- Léopold Senghor (1906–2001), poet and politician.[1][2]
- Ousmane Socé (1911–1973), French-language novelist.[2]
- Fatou Ndiaye Sow (1956–2004)
- Aminata Sow Fall (1941- ), novelist.[2]
- Khady Sylla (1963- )
- Professor Issa Laye Thiaw (author on Serer religion)[3]
- Abibatou Traoré (1973- )
- Myriam Warner Vieyra (1939- ), novelist born in Guadeloupe.[2]
- Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i See the entry in Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa See the entry in Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0415230193
- ^ Littératures et sociétés africaines. Editors: János Riesz, Papa Samba Diop, Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink, Ute Fendler, Christoph Vatter. Gunter Narr Verlag, 2001. ISBN 3823358545. p 483 ([1])
[edit] External links
- UWA's list of women writers from French speaking Africa
- Contemporary Africa Database (Senegal section)
- Contemporary African Writers/Authors
- Africa Resource Research Data
