This is a list of Burkinabé writers.
François Djobi Bassolet (1933–2001), journalist, historian, and cultural leader Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (born 1967), French-language poet, Ivorian-Canadian journalist and poet raised in Burkina FasoJohanne Melançon, Lucie Hotte, Introduction à la littérature franco-ontarienne, 2010, p. 131 Jacques Prosper Bazié (born 1955), poet Nazi Boni (1909–1969), politician and writer Sarah Bouyain (born 1968), French-Burkinabé writer and film director Simporé Simone Compaore (b. c. 1956), French-language playwright Augustin-Sondé Coulibaly (1933–2017), French-language novelist, poet and criticRecherche de personalités du Burkina Bernadette Sanou Dao (born 1952), politician, poet and children's writer D. Jean Pierre Guingané (1947–2011), playwright, actor and director Frédéric Guirma (1931–2024), writer and politician Zarra Guiro (born 1957), French-language autobiographical writer Ignace Ansomwin Hien (born 1952), novelist, poet and storywriter Monique Ilboudo (born 1959), politician and writer Pierre Claver Ilboudo (born 1948), French-language novelistAlain Joseph Sissao, Le roman burki nabè à travers Pierre Claver IIboudo, un écrivain au carrefour de la tradition et de la modernité , 1998 Sophie Heidi Kam (born 1968), French-language poet, playwright and novelist Sandra Pierrette Kanzié, French-language poet Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006), politician, historian, writer and activist Amadou Koné (born 1953), novelist, playwright and short story writer Gaël Koné (born 1976), French-language poet Honorine Mare (born 1972), French-language poet and academic Roger Nikiéma (c. 1935–2021), French-language journalist, novelist and poetFélix Koffi Amétépé, Roger Nikiéma: Bon… micro ne saurait mentir!, leFaso.net, 26 October 2010 Suzy Henrique Nikiéma (born 1983), French-language novelist Kollin Noaga, pseudonym of Ernest Nongma Ouedraogo, politician, novelist and playwrightRecherche de personalités du Burkina Malika Ouattara (born 1993), slam poet Dim-Dolobsom Ouedraogo (1897–1940), intellectualPacéré Titinga, Dimdolobsom, l'homme, l'hommage, 2008 Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (1943–2024), griot, historian, museum curator and French-language writer Bernadette Sanou Dao (born 1952), author and poet Adiza Sanoussi, French-language novelist Etienne Sawadogo, French-language novelistAlain Joseph Sissao, Roman Africain et Litterature Orale: Rapport du Romancier Burkinabe Etienne Sawadogo avec la Litterature Orage Moaaga Marie-Simone Séri (born 1954), French-language autobiographical writer also connected with Côte d'Ivoire Jean-Baptiste Somé, novelistCaitucoli, C. 1988. Passé simple et passé composé dans Le miel amer de Jean-Baptiste Somé. Annales de l'Université de Ouagadougou (Série A Sciences Humaines et Sociales). Numéro spécial, 261–275. Malidoma Patrice Somé (1956–2021), writer about religion, died in Oregon, United States Maxime Z. Somé (born 1959), academic, politician and novelist Norbert Zongo (1949–1998), assassinated newspaper publisher, editor, journalist and novelist
See also Burkinabé literature
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