# List of Senegalese writers

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

## A - G

* Agbo, Berte-Evelyne, poet, also connected with Benin
* Bâ, Mariama (1929–1981), French-language novelist
* Barry, Kesso (1948– ), autobiographer born in Guinea
* Barry, Mariama, French-language autobiographical novelist
* Benga, Sokhna (1967– ), novelist and poet
* Bocoum, Jacqueline Fatima, former journalist turned author and programme director
* Bugul, Ken (1948– ), autobiographical writer and novelist
* Cisse, Mamadou (1956– )
* Diakhate, Lamine (1928–1987), poet and novelist
* Diallo, Nafissatou Niang (1941–1982), autobiographer, novelist and children's writer
* Dieng, Mame Younousse, novelist in French and Wolof
* Aminata Sophie Dièye (1973–2016), journalist, novelist and playwright
* Babacar Sedikh Diouf (1928– ), historian, author and intellectual
* Diouf, Nafissatou Dia (1973– ), novelist and children's writer,
* Diouf, Sylviane, historian and lecturer
* Diome, Fatou (1968– ), novelist
* Diop, Alioune (1910–1980), essayist and intellectual
* Diop, Birago (1906–1989), French-language folklorist, poet and autobiographer
* Diop, Boubacar Boris (1946– ), novelist
* Diop, Cheikh Anta (1923–1986), Afrocentric historian and anthropologist
* Diop, David (1927–1960), poet
* Dogbeh, Richard, also connected with Benin, Togo and Côte d'Ivoire (1932–2003)
* Fall, Khadi (1948– ), poet
* Fall, Kiné Kirama (1934– ), poet
* Fall, Malick (1920–1978), French-language novelist and poet
* Faye, Louis Diène (1936– ), anthropologist and scholar of Serer religion, history and culture
* 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
* Kane, Cheikh Hamidou (1928– ), French-language novelist
* 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
* Mordasini, Diana
* Ndao, Cheikh Aliou (1933– ), novelist, playwright and poet
* Adja Ndèye Boury Ndiaye (1936– ), novelist
* Ndiaye, Marie, born in France (1967– ), novelist
* Ndoye, Mariama (1953– ), novelist, short story writer and children's writer
* Niane, Djibril Tamsir (1932–2021), novelist and historian
* Niang, Mame Bassine (1951–2013), writer and lawyer
* Niang, Fatou Siga (1932–2022)

## P - Z

* Sadji, Abdoulaye (1910–1961), novelist and children's writer
* Sall, Amadou Lamine (1951– ), poet
* Sall, Ibrahima (1949– ), novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer
* Sarr, Alioune (1908–2001), historian and politician, scholar of Serer history
* Seek, Alioune Badara (1945– ), novelist
* Sembène, Ousmane (1923–2007), writer and filmmaker
* Sène, Fama Diagne (1969– ), novelist and playwright
* Senghor, Léopold Sédar (1906–2001), poet and politician
* Catherine Shan (1952– ), French language novelist and film director
* Ousmane Socé (1911–1973), French-language novelist
* Sow, Fatou Ndiaye (1956–2004)
* Sow Fall, Aminata (1941– ), novelist
* Sylla, Khady (1963–2013)
* Thiaw, Issa Laye (1943–2017), historian, theologian and scholar of Serer religion and history
* Rama Thiaw (1978– ), filmmaker, screenwriter
* Traoré, Abibatou (1973– )
* Vieyra, Myriam Warner (1939–2017), novelist born in Guadeloupe
* Wheatley, Phillis (1753–1784)