This is a list of Burkinabé writers.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.- François Djobi Bassolet (1933–2001), journalist, historian, and cultural leader
- Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (b. 1967), French-language poet, Ivorian-Canadian journalist and poet raised in Burkina Faso
- Jacques Prosper Bazié (b. 1955), poet
- Nazi Boni (1909–1969), politician and writer
- Sarah Bouyain (b. 1968), French-Burkinabé writer and film director
- Simporé Simone Compaore (b. c. 1956), French-language playwright
- Augustin-Sondé Coulibaly (b. 1933), French-language novelist, poet and critic
- Bernadette Sanou Dao (b. 1952), politician, poet and children's writer
- D. Jean Pierre Guingané (b. 1947), playwright, actor and director
- Frédéric Guirma (1931–2024), writer and politician
- Zarra Guiro (b. 1957), French-language autobiographical writer
- Ignace Ansomwin Hien (b. 1952), novelist, poet and storywriter
- Monique Ilboudo (b. 1959), politician and writer
- Pierre Claver Ilboudo (b. 1948), French-language novelist
- Sophie Heidi Kam (b. 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 (b. 1953), novelist, playwright and short story writer
- Gaël Koné (b. 1976), French-language poet
- Honorine Mare (b. 1972), French-language poet and academic
- Roger Nikiéma (b. c.1935), French-language journalist, novelist and poet
- Suzy Henrique Nikiéma (b. 1983), French-language novelist
- Kollin Noaga, pseudonym of Ernest Nongma Ouedraogo, politician, novelist and playwright
- Malika Ouattara (b. 1993), slam poet
- Dim-Dolobsom Ouedraogo (1897–1940), intellectual
- Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (b. 1943), griot, historian, museum curator and French-language writer
- Bernadette Sanou Dao (b. 1952), author and poet
- Adiza Sanoussi, French-language novelist
- Etienne Sawadogo, French-language novelist
- Marie-Simone Séri (b. 1954), French-language autobiographical writer also connected with Côte d'Ivoire
- Jean-Baptiste Somé, novelist
- Malidoma Patrice Somé (1956–2021), writer about religion, died in Oregon, United States
- Maxime Z. Somé (b. 1959), academic, politician and novelist
- Norbert Zongo (1949–1998), assassinated newspaper publisher, editor, journalist and novelist
See also
References
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