List of Senegalese writers

This is a list of prominent Senegalese authors (by surname)

A - G

Agbo, Berte-Evelyne, poet, also connected with Benin
Bâ, Mariama (1929–1981), French-language novelist^[1]^[2]
Barry, Kesso (1948– ), autobiographer born in Guinea^[2]
Barry, Mariama, French-language autobiographical novelist
Benga, Sokhna (1967– ), novelist and poet
Bocoum, Jacqueline Fatima, former journalist^[3] turned author and programme director^[4]
Bugul, Ken (1948– ), autobiographical writer and novelist^[2]
Cisse, Mamadou (1956– )
Diakhate, Lamine (1928–1987), poet and novelist^[2]
Diallo, Nafissatou Niang (1941–1982), autobiographer, novelist and children's writer^[2]
Dieng, Mame Younousse, novelist in French and Wolof^[2]
Aminata Sophie Dièye (1973–2016), journalist, novelist and playwright^[5]
Babacar Sedikh Diouf (1928– ), historian, author and intellectual^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Diouf, Nafissatou Dia (1973– ), novelist and children's writer,^[10]
Diouf, Sylviane, historian and lecturer^[11]
Diome, Fatou (1968– ), novelist^[12]
Diop, Alioune (1910–1980), essayist and intellectual^[1]
Diop, Birago (1906–1989), French-language folklorist, poet and autobiographer^[1]^[2]
Diop, Boubacar Boris (1946– ), novelist^[2]
Diop, Cheikh Anta (1923–1986), Afrocentric historian and anthropologist^[1]
Diop, David (1927–1960), poet^[1]^[2]
Dogbeh, Richard, also connected with Benin, Togo and Côte d'Ivoire (1932–2003)
Fall, Khadi (1948– ), poet^[2]
Fall, Kiné Kirama (1934– ), poet
Fall, Malick (1920–1978), French-language novelist and poet^[1]^[2]
Faye, Louis Diène (1936– ), anthropologist and scholar of Serer religion, history and culture^[13]^[14]^[15]
Gnimagnon, Christine Adjahi (1945– ), also connected with Benin

H - O

Hane, Khadidjatou (Khady) (1962– )
Joof, Tamsier (1973– )
Ka, Aminata Maïga (1940–2005), French-language novelist^[1]^[2]
Kane, Cheikh Hamidou (1928– ), French-language novelist^[2]
Kane, Ndèye Fatou (1986– ), Senegalese novelist and feminist, granddaughter of Cheikh Hamidou Kane
Mbaye, Annette (d'Erneville) (1926– )
Amina Sow Mbaye (1937– ) French-language poet and novelist^[16]
Mordasini, Diana
Ndao, Cheikh Aliou (1933– ), novelist, playwright and poet^[2]
Adja Ndèye Boury Ndiaye (1936– ), novelist^[17]
Ndiaye, Marie, born in France (1967– ), novelist^[2]
Ndoye, Mariama (1953– ), novelist, short story writer and children's writer^[2]
Niane, Djibril Tamsir (1932–2021), novelist and historian^[2]
Niang, Mame Bassine (1951–2013), writer and lawyer^[2]
Niang, Fatou Siga (1932–2022)

P - Z

Sadji, Abdoulaye (1910–1961), novelist and children's writer^[2]
Sall, Amadou Lamine (1951– ), poet^[2]
Sall, Ibrahima (1949– ), novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer^[2]
Sarr, Alioune (1908–2001), historian and politician, scholar of Serer history^[18]^[19]
Seek, Alioune Badara (1945– ), novelist^[2]
Sembène, Ousmane (1923–2007), writer and filmmaker^[1]^[2]
Sène, Fama Diagne (1969– ), novelist and playwright^[20]
Senghor, Léopold Sédar (1906–2001), poet and politician^[1]^[2]
Catherine Shan (1952– ), French language novelist and film director^[21]
Ousmane Socé (1911–1973), French-language novelist^[2]
Sow, Fatou Ndiaye (1956–2004)
Sow Fall, Aminata (1941– ), novelist^[2]
Sylla, Khady (1963–2013)
Thiaw, Issa Laye (1943–2017), historian, theologian and scholar of Serer religion and history^[22]
Rama Thiaw (1978– ), filmmaker, screenwriter
Traoré, Abibatou (1973– )
Vieyra, Myriam Warner (1939–2017), novelist born in Guadeloupe^[2]
Wheatley, Phillis (1753–1784)

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