List of African Writers By Country - Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

• Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (1967– ), French-language poet, also connected with Côte d'Ivoire.
• François Djobi Bassolet (d. 2001), journalist, historian, and cultural leader.
• Jacques Prosper Bazié (born 1955), poet.
• Nazi Boni (1909–1969), politician and writer.
• Sarah Bouyain (1968– ), writer and film director
• Simporé Simone Compaore (born c. 1956), French-language playwright.
• Augustin-Sondé Coulibaly (1933– ), French-language novelist, poet and critic.
• Bernadette Sanou Dao (1952– ), politician, poet and children's writer.
• D. Jean Pierre Guingané (1947– ), playwright, actor and director.
• Zarra Guiro (1957– ), French-language autobiographical writer.
• Ignace Ansomwin Hien (1952– ), novelist, poet and storywriter.
• Monique Ilboudo, politician and writer.
• Pierre Claver Ilboudo (born 1948), French-language novelist.
• Sophie Heidi Kam (1968– ), French-language poet, playwright and novelist.
• Sandra Pierrette Kanzié, French-language poet.
• Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006), politician and writer.
• Amadou Koné (1953– ), novelist, playwright and short story writer.
• Gaël Koné (1976– ), French-language poet.
• Honorine Mare (1972– ), French-language poet and academic.
• Roger Nikiéma (c.1935– ), French-language journalist, novelist and poet.
• Suzy Henique Nikiéma (1983– ). French-language novelist.
• Kollin Noaga, pseudonym of Ernest Nongma Ouedraogo, politician, novelist and playwright.
• Dim-Dolobsom Ouedraogo (1897–1940), intellectual.
• Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (1943–), museum curator and French-language writer.
• Adiza Sanoussi, French-language novelist.
• Etienne Sawadogo, French-language novelist.
• Marie-Simone Séri (born 1954), French-language autobiographical writer also connected with Côte d'Ivoire.
• Jean-Baptiste Somé, novelist.
• Malidoma Patrice Somé (1956– ), writer about religion.
• Maxime Z. Somé (1959– ), academic, politician and novelist.
• Norbert Zongo (1949–1988), journalist and novelist.