List of Burkinabé writers

This is a list of Burkinabé writers.

• Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (1967– ), French-language poet, Ivorian-Canadian journalist and poet raised in Burkina Faso.^[1]
• François Djobi Bassolet (d. 2001), journalist, historian, and cultural leader.
• Jacques Prosper Bazié (born 1955), poet.^[Gikandi]
• Nazi Boni (1909–1969), politician and writer.^[Gikandi]
• Sarah Bouyain (1968– ), French-Burkinabé writer and film director
• Simporé Simone Compaore (born c. 1956), French-language playwright.^[2]
• Augustin-Sondé Coulibaly (1933– ), French-language novelist, poet and critic.^[3]
• Bernadette Sanou Dao (1952– ), politician, poet and children's writer.
• D. Jean Pierre Guingané (1947– ), playwright, actor and director.^[Gikandi]
• Frédéric Guirma, writer and politician
• Zarra Guiro (1957– ), French-language autobiographical writer.^[4]
• Ignace Ansomwin Hien (1952– ), novelist, poet and storywriter.^[Gikandi]
• Monique Ilboudo, politician and writer.^[Gikandi]
• Pierre Claver Ilboudo (born 1948), French-language novelist.^[5]
• Sophie Heidi Kam (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 (1953– ), novelist, playwright and short story writer.^[Gikandi]
• Gaël Koné (1976– ), French-language poet.^[8]
• Honorine Mare (1972– ), French-language poet and academic.^[9]
• Roger Nikiéma (c.1935– ), French-language journalist, novelist and poet.^[10]
• Suzy Henique Nikiéma (1983– ). French-language novelist.^[11]
• Kollin Noaga, pseudonym of Ernest Nongma Ouedraogo, politician, novelist and playwright.^[12]
• Dim-Dolobsom Ouedraogo (1897–1940), intellectual.^[13]
• Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (1943– ), griot, historian, museum curator and French-language writer.^[Gikandi]
• Bernadette Sanou Dao (born 1952), author and poet
• Adiza Sanoussi, French-language novelist.^[14]
• Etienne Sawadogo, French-language novelist.^[15]
• Marie-Simone Séri (born 1954), French-language autobiographical writer also connected with Côte d'Ivoire.^[16]
• Jean-Baptiste Somé, novelist.^[17]
• Malidoma Patrice Somé (born 1956), writer about religion, currently residing in Oregon, United States
• Maxime Z. Somé (1959– ), academic, politician and novelist.^[18]
• Norbert Zongo (1949–1988), assassinated newspaper publisher, editor, journalist and novelist.^[Gikandi]

See also

• Burkinabé literature

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 2011-11-11.
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 2011-11-11.
5. Alain Joseph Sissao, Le roman burki nabè à travers Pierre Claver IIboudo, un écrivain au carrefour de la tradition et de la modernité, 1998
6. "Interview with Sophie Heidi Kam". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
7. "Sandra Pierrette Kanzié: an author from Burkina Faso writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 2 December 2003. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
8. "Gaël Koné: an author from Burkina Faso writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 17 July 2003. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
9. "AFLIT". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
10. Félix Koffi Amétépé, Roger Nikiéma: Bon… micro ne saurait mentir!, leFaso.net, 26 October 2010
11. "Suzy Henique Nikiéma: an author from Burkina Faso writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
12. Recherche de personalités du Burkina
13. Pacéré Titinga, Dimdolobsom, l'homme, l'hommage, 2008
14. "Adiza Sanoussi: an author from Burkina Faso writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 1 June 2004. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
15. Alain Joseph Sissao, Roman Africain et Litterature Orale: Rapport du Romancier Burkinabe Etienne Sawadogo avec la Litterature Orage Moaaga
16. "Marie-Simone Séri: an author from the Ivory Coast writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 12 July 2000. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
17. 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.
18. "Maxime Somé – Biographie, publications (livres, articles)". Editions-harmattan.fr. 30 October 1959. Retrieved 2011-11-11.

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1. [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3