List of Burkinabe writers

This is a list of Burkinabé writers.

  • 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[1]
  • Jacques Prosper Bazié (b. 1955), poet[Gikandi]
  • Nazi Boni (1909–1969), politician and writer[Gikandi]
  • Sarah Bouyain (b. 1968), French-Burkinabé writer and film director
  • Simporé Simone Compaore (b. c. 1956), French-language playwright[2]
  • Augustin-Sondé Coulibaly (b. 1933), French-language novelist, poet and critic[3]
  • Bernadette Sanou Dao (b. 1952), politician, poet and children's writer
  • D. Jean Pierre Guingané (b. 1947), playwright, actor and director[Gikandi]
  • Frédéric Guirma (b. 1931), writer and politician
  • Zarra Guiro (b. 1957), French-language autobiographical writer[4]
  • Ignace Ansomwin Hien (b. 1952), novelist, poet and storywriter[Gikandi]
  • Monique Ilboudo (b. 1959), politician and writer[Gikandi]
  • Pierre Claver Ilboudo (b. 1948), French-language novelist[5]
  • Sophie Heidi Kam (b. 1968), French-language poet, playwright and novelist[6]
  • Sandra Pierrette Kanzié, French-language poet[7]
  • Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006), politician, historian, writer and activist
  • Amadou Koné (b. 1953), novelist, playwright and short story writer[Gikandi]
  • Gaël Koné (b. 1976), French-language poet[8]
  • Honorine Mare (b. 1972), French-language poet and academic[9]
  • Roger Nikiéma (b. c.1935), French-language journalist, novelist and poet[10]
  • Suzy Henrique Nikiéma (b. 1983), French-language novelist[11]
  • Kollin Noaga, pseudonym of Ernest Nongma Ouedraogo, politician, novelist and playwright[12]
  • Malika Ouattara (b. 1993), slam poet[13]
  • Dim-Dolobsom Ouedraogo (1897–1940), intellectual[14]
  • Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (b. 1943), griot, historian, museum curator and French-language writer[Gikandi]
  • Bernadette Sanou Dao (b. 1952), author and poet
  • Adiza Sanoussi, French-language novelist[15]
  • Etienne Sawadogo, French-language novelist[16]
  • Marie-Simone Séri (b. 1954), French-language autobiographical writer also connected with Côte d'Ivoire[17]
  • Jean-Baptiste Somé, novelist[18]
  • Malidoma Patrice Somé (b. 1956), writer about religion, currently residing in Oregon, United States
  • Maxime Z. Somé (b. 1959), academic, politician and novelist[19]
  • Norbert Zongo (1949–1998), assassinated newspaper publisher, editor, journalist and novelist[Gikandi]

See also

References
  1. Johanne Melançon, Lucie Hotte, Introduction à la littérature franco-ontarienne, 2010, p. 131
  2. "Interview with Simporé Simone Compaore". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 2 December 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  3. Recherche de personalités du Burkina
  4. "Zarra Guiro: an author from Burkina Faso writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  5. Alain Joseph Sissao, Le roman burki nabè à travers Pierre Claver IIboudo, un écrivain au carrefour de la tradition et de la modernité Archived 20 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine, 1998
  6. "Interview with Sophie Heidi Kam". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  7. "Sandra Pierrette Kanzié: an author from Burkina Faso writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 2 December 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  8. "Gaël Koné: an author from Burkina Faso writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 17 July 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  9. "AFLIT". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  10. Félix Koffi Amétépé, Roger Nikiéma: Bon… micro ne saurait mentir!, leFaso.net, 26 October 2010
  11. "Suzy Henrique Nikiéma: an author from Burkina Faso writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  12. Recherche de personalités du Burkina
  13. "Malika la Slameuse". QG JEUNE (in French). 6 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  14. Pacéré Titinga, Dimdolobsom, l'homme, l'hommage, 2008
  15. "Adiza Sanoussi: an author from Burkina Faso writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 1 June 2004. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  16. Alain Joseph Sissao, Roman Africain et Litterature Orale: Rapport du Romancier Burkinabe Etienne Sawadogo avec la Litterature Orage Moaaga Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  17. "Marie-Simone Séri: an author from the Ivory Coast writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 12 July 2000. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  18. Caitucoli, 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.
  19. "Maxime Somé – Biographie, publications (livres, articles)". Editions-harmattan.fr. 30 October 1959. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  1. [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.