List of Senegalese writers

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

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.

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 (1952–2018), 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]

See also

• List of Senegalese
• List of Gambian writers
• List of African writers by country

• Senegal portal
• Africa portal