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

^ 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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