List of Malian writers

This is a list of Malian writers.

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• Ahmad Baba al Massufi (1556–1627), writer and scholar.
• Abdoulaye Ascofaré (1949– ), poet and filmmaker.
• Ibrahima Aya (1967– )
• Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900/1901–1991), historian, theologian, ethnographer, novelist and autobiographer.^[Jahn] ^[Killam & Rowe]
• Adame Ba Konaré (1947– ), historian and writer.
• Seydou Badian Kouyaté (1928–2018), novelist and politician.^[Gikandi] ^[Jahn]
• Siriman Cissoko (1934– ), poet.^[Jahn]
• Sidiki Dembele (1921– ), novelist and playwright.^[Jahn]
• Massa Makan Diabaté (1938–1988), historian, author and playwright.^[Jahn]
• Souéloum Diagho, poet.
• Aïda Mady Diallo, novelist and director.
• Aly Diallo, French-language novelist first published in German translation.[1]
• Alpha Mandé Diarra (1954– )
• Oumou Armand Diarra (1967– ), born in Yugoslavia.[2]
• Doumbi Fakoly (1944– ), non-fiction writer
• Aïcha Fofana (1957–2003), first female Malian novelist
• Mamadou Gologo (c.1924– ), autobiographical novelist and poet.^[Jahn]
• Aoua Kéita (1912–1980), independence activist and autobiographer.
• Fatoumata Keïta (1977– ), poet, novelist, essayist.
• Moussa Konaté (1951–2013), French-language writer.
• Ibrahima Mamadou Ouane (1908– ), writer.^[Jahn]
• Yambo Ouologuem (1940–2017), novelist.^[Jahn]
• Bernadette Sanou Dao (1952– ), author and politician.
• Fily Dabo Sissoko (1900–1964), poet.^[Jahn]
• Fanta-Taga Tembely (1946– ), French-language novelist.[3]
• Aminata Traoré (1942– ), author, politician and political activist.
• Falaba Issa Traoré (1930–2003), writer, comedian, playwright and director.

See also

• Malian literature
• List of African writers by country
• List of Malians

References

1. Die Täuschung, tr. Gabriele Henschke, 1987; La révolte de komo, 2000, Editions Gallimard. See "The African voice in contemporary German literature", in Eleoma Joshua & Robert Vilain (eds.), Cultural Exchange in German Literature, pp. 162–64.
2. Sébastien Le Potvin, Lettres maliennes: figures et configurations de l'activité littéraire au Mali, L'Harmattan, 2005, p. 303.
3. "Fanta-Taga Tembely: An author from Mali writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 16 July 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

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