List of Senegalese writers
This is a list of prominent Senegalese authors (by surname)
A - G
[edit]- Agbo, Berte-Evelyne, poet, also connected with Benin
- Bâ, Mariama (1929–1981), French-language novelist[1][2]
- Barry, Kesso (1948– ), autobiographer born in Guinea[2]
- Barry, Mariama, French-language autobiographical novelist
- Benga, Sokhna (1967– ), novelist and poet
- Bocoum, Jacqueline Fatima, former journalist[3] turned author and programme director[4]
- Bugul, Ken (1948– ), autobiographical writer and novelist[2]
- Cisse, Mamadou (1956– )
- Diakhate, Lamine (1928–1987), poet and novelist[2]
- Diallo, Nafissatou Niang (1941–1982), autobiographer, novelist and children's writer[2]
- Dieng, Mame Younousse, novelist in French and Wolof[2]
- Aminata Sophie Dièye (1973–2016), journalist, novelist and playwright[5]
- Babacar Sedikh Diouf (1928– ), historian, author and intellectual[6][7][8][9]
- Diouf, Nafissatou Dia (1973– ), novelist and children's writer,[10]
- Diouf, Sylviane, historian and lecturer[11]
- Diome, Fatou (1968– ), novelist[12]
- Diop, Alioune (1910–1980), essayist and intellectual[1]
- Diop, Birago (1906–1989), French-language folklorist, poet and autobiographer[1][2]
- Diop, Boubacar Boris (1946– ), novelist[2]
- Diop, Cheikh Anta (1923–1986), Afrocentric historian and anthropologist[1]
- Diop, David (1927–1960), poet[1][2]
- Dogbeh, Richard, also connected with Benin, Togo and Côte d'Ivoire (1932–2003)
- Fall, Khadi (1948– ), poet[2]
- Fall, Kiné Kirama (1934– ), poet
- Fall, Malick (1920–1978), French-language novelist and poet[1][2]
- Faye, Louis Diène (1936– ), anthropologist and scholar of Serer religion, history and culture[13][14][15]
- Gnimagnon, Christine Adjahi (1945– ), also connected with Benin
H - O
[edit]- Hane, Khadidjatou (Khady) (1962– )
- Joof, Tamsier (1973– )
- Ka, Aminata Maïga (1940–2005), French-language novelist[1][2]
- Kane, Cheikh Hamidou (1928– ), French-language novelist[2]
- 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[16]
- Mordasini, Diana
- Ndao, Cheikh Aliou (1933– ), novelist, playwright and poet[2]
- Adja Ndèye Boury Ndiaye (1936– ), novelist[17]
- Ndiaye, Marie, born in France (1967– ), novelist[2]
- Ndoye, Mariama (1953– ), novelist, short story writer and children's writer[2]
- Niane, Djibril Tamsir (1932–2021), novelist and historian[2]
- Niang, Mame Bassine (1951–2013), writer and lawyer[2]
- Niang, Fatou Siga (1932–2022)
P - Z
[edit]- Sadji, Abdoulaye (1910–1961), novelist and children's writer[2]
- Sall, Amadou Lamine (1951– ), poet[2]
- Sall, Ibrahima (1949– ), novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer[2]
- Sarr, Alioune (1908–2001), historian and politician, scholar of Serer history[18][19]
- Seek, Alioune Badara (1945– ), novelist[2]
- Sembène, Ousmane (1923–2007), writer and filmmaker[1][2]
- Sène, Fama Diagne (1969– ), novelist and playwright[20]
- Senghor, Léopold Sédar (1906–2001), poet and politician[1][2]
- Catherine Shan (1952– ), French language novelist and film director[21]
- Ousmane Socé (1911–1973), French-language novelist[2]
- Sow, Fatou Ndiaye (1956–2004)
- Sow Fall, Aminata (1941– ), novelist[2]
- Sylla, Khady (1963–2013)
- Thiaw, Issa Laye (1943–2017), historian, theologian and scholar of Serer religion and history[22]
- Rama Thiaw (1978– ), filmmaker, screenwriter
- Traoré, Abibatou (1973– )
- Vieyra, Myriam Warner (1939–2017), novelist born in Guadeloupe[2]
- Wheatley, Phillis (1753–1784)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i See the entry in Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa See the entry in Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
- ^ (in French) Agence de Presse Sénégalaise Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved : 10 May 2012)
- ^ (in French) Institut Panos, Union des journalistes du Ghana, "Ne tirez pas sur les médias: éthique et déontologie de l'information en Afrique de l'Ouest : quelques communications d'un séminaire régional organisé à Accra du 26 au 29 février 1996", L'Harmattan, 1996, p 173
- ^ "Aminata Sophie Dièye: vie et mort d'une femme de lettres exceptionnelle". RFI (in French). 2016-02-26. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- ^ Babacar Sedikh Diouf's body of works: Diouf, Babacar Sedikh, O maad a sinig : Kumba Ndoofeen fa Maak JUUF (Buka-Cilaas), 1853-1871 (PAPF, 1987) [in] Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) [in] CARLI I-Share [1] (retrieved February 8, 2020)
- ^ Diouf, Babacar Sedikh, O maad a sinig : Kumba Ndoofeen fa Maak JUUF (Buka-Cilaas), 1853-1871, PAPF (1987) [in] WorldCat [2] (retrieved February 8, 2020)
- ^ Smith, Étienne, « Merging ethnic histories in Senegal: whose moral community? », in Derek Peterson & Giacomo Macola (dir.), Recasting the Past: History Writing and Political Work in Modern Africa, Athens, Ohio University Press, 2009, (213-232.), p. 12 (PDF) [in] Academia.edu [3] (retrieved February 8, 2020)
- ^ Smith, Étienne, La nation « par le côté » - "Le récit des cousinages au Sénégal", (pp. 907-965), 2006 [in] Cahiers d'Études africaine., Notes: 45, 81, 93; Texte intégral: 3, 54, 55, 71. [4] (retrieved February 8, 2020)
- ^ (in) Femmes Ecrivaines[permanent dead link] The University of Western Australia /French (Retrieved : 10 May 2012)
- ^ Profile [in] University of Washington [5] (Retrieved : 10 May 2012)
- ^ Jean-Marie Volet: NOT TO BE MISSED, "Le ventre de l'Atlantique", a novel by Fatou DIOME, September 2009, The University of Western Australia/School of Humanities
- ^ Faye, Louis Diène, "Mort et Naissance, le monde sereer", Le Nouvelles Editions Africaines (1983) (biography, back cover), ISBN 2-7236-0868-9
- ^ Editor : Ndour, Saliou, "L'Industrie musicale au Sénégal: essai d'analyse", African Books Collective (2008), p. 119, ISBN 2869782349 [6] (Retrieved : 10 May 2012)
- ^ In Stanford [7] (Retrieved : 10 May 2012)
- ^ "Amina Sow Mbaye". University of Western Australia.
- ^ "Adja Ndeye Boury Ndiaye". University of Western Australia.
- ^ Diallo, Kalidou, Le syndicalisme dans l'enseignement public en Afrique occidentale française, 1903–1960, L'Harmattan (2011), p. 359, ISBN 978-2-296-56044-4
- ^ Klein, Martin A, Islam and Imperialism in Senegal Sine-Saloum, 1847–1914, Edinburgh University Press (1968), p. 277.
- ^ Fama Diagne Sene (in) "Femmes Ecrivaines", The University of Western Australia /French (Retrieved : 10 May 2012)
- ^ "Catherine Shan N'Diaye". University of Western Australia.
- ^ Littératures et sociétés africaines, Editors: Riesz, János; Diop, Papa Samba; Lüsebrink, Hans-Jürgen; Fendler, Ute & Vatter, Christoph, Gunter Narr Verlag (2001), p. 483, ISBN 3-8233-5854-5 ([8])