List of Burkinabe writers

This is a list of Burkinabé writers.

• François Djobi Bassolet (1933–2001), journalist, historian, and cultural leader
• Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (b. 1967), French-language poet, Ivorian-Canadian journalist and poet raised in Burkina Faso^[1]
• Jacques Prosper Bazié (b. 1955), poet^[Gikandi]
• Nazi Boni (1909–1969), politician and writer^[Gikandi]
• Sarah Bouyain (b. 1968), French-Burkinabé writer and film director
• Simporé Simone Compaore (b. c. 1956), French-language playwright^[2]
• Augustin-Sondé Coulibaly (1933–2017), French-language novelist, poet and critic^[3]
• Bernadette Sanou Dao (b. 1952), politician, poet and children's writer
• D. Jean Pierre Guingané (1947–2011), playwright, actor and director^[Gikandi]
• Frédéric Guirma (1931–2024), writer and politician
• Zarra Guiro (b. 1957), French-language autobiographical writer^[4]
• Ignace Ansomwin Hien (b. 1952), novelist, poet and storywriter^[Gikandi]
• Monique Ilboudo (b. 1959), politician and writer^[Gikandi]
• Pierre Claver Ilboudo (b. 1948), French-language novelist^[5]
• Sophie Heidi Kam (b. 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 (b. 1953), novelist, playwright and short story writer^[Gikandi]
• Gaël Koné (b. 1976), French-language poet^[8]
• Honorine Mare (b. 1972), French-language poet and academic^[9]
• Roger Nikiéma (c. 1935–2021), French-language journalist, novelist and poet^[10]
• Suzy Henrique Nikiéma (b. 1983), French-language novelist^[11]
• Kollin Noaga, pseudonym of Ernest Nongma Ouedraogo, politician, novelist and playwright^[12]
• Malika Ouattara (b. 1993), slam poet^[13]
• Dim-Dolobsom Ouedraogo (1897–1940), intellectual^[14]
• Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (1943–2024), griot, historian, museum curator and French-language writer^[Gikandi]
• Bernadette Sanou Dao (b. 1952), author and poet
• Adiza Sanoussi, French-language novelist^[15]
• Etienne Sawadogo, French-language novelist^[16]
• Marie-Simone Séri (b. 1954), French-language autobiographical writer also connected with Côte d'Ivoire^[17]
• Jean-Baptiste Somé, novelist^[18]
• Malidoma Patrice Somé (1956–2021), writer about religion, died in Oregon, United States
• Maxime Z. Somé (b. 1959), academic, politician and novelist^[19]
• Norbert Zongo (1949–1998), assassinated newspaper publisher, editor, journalist and novelist^[Gikandi]

• Burkinabé literature