List of Guinean writers

This is a list of Guinean writers.

• Kesso Barry (1948– ), autobiographer also associated with Senegal^[Gikandi]
• Saïdou Bokoum (1945– ), novelist^[Gikandi]
• Sory Camara, anthropologist^[Gikandi]
• Ahmed Tidjani Cissé (1942– ), playwright^[Gikandi]
• Koumanthio Zeinab Diallo (1956– ), poet and novelist^[Gikandi]
• Alioum Fantouré (1938– ), economist and novelist^[Gikandi]
• Keita Fodeba (1921-1969), actor, politician and writer^[Jahn]
• Lansiné Kaba, historian^[1]
• Fodéba Keïta (1924–1969), poet and dancer^[Gikandi]
• Siré Komara (1991– ), novelist: Mes Racines^[2]
• Camara Laye (1928–1980), novelist: The Black Child^{[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]}
• Tierno Monénembo (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– ), 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

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1. [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
2. [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3
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