List of Guinean writers
This is a list of Guinean writers.
- Kesso Barry (born 1948), autobiographer also associated with Senegal[Gikandi]
- Saïdou Bokoum (born 1945), novelist[Gikandi]
- Sory Camara, anthropologist[Gikandi]
- Ahmed Tidjani Cissé (born 1942), playwright[Gikandi]
- Koumanthio Zeinab Diallo (born 1956), poet and novelist[Gikandi]
- Alioum Fantouré (born 1938), economist and novelist[Gikandi]
- Keita Fodeba (1921–1969), actor, politician and writer[Jahn]
- Lansiné Kaba (1941–2023), historian[1]
- Fodéba Keïta (1921–1969), poet and dancer[Gikandi]
- Siré Komara (born 1991), novelist: Mes Racines[2]
- Camara Laye (1928–1980), novelist: The Black Child[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Tierno Monénembo (born 1947), novelist: The Oldest Orphan, Les écailles du Ciel, Peulorihno, Le Roi de Kahel[Gikandi]
- Condetto Nénékhaly-Camera (1930–1972), poet and playwright[Jahn]
- Djibril Tamsir Niane (1932–2021), novelist and historian[Gikandi]
- Williams Sassine (1944–1997), French-language novelist[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Sékou Touré (1922–1984), politician, political writer and occasional poet[Jahn]
- Mamadou Traoré, also known as Ray Autra (born 1916), teacher and poet[Jahn]
References
[edit]- ^ Professor Lansine Kaba, Al Jazeera, 5 October 2010.
- ^ "Siré Komara An author from Guinea writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
- [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3
- [Jahn] Janheinz Jahn, Ulla Schild & Almut Nordmann Seiler, eds., Who's who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries. Horst Erdmann Verlag, 1972. ISBN 978-3-7711-0153-4
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