List of Malian writers
This is a list of Malian writers.
- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Sébastien Le Potvin, Lettres maliennes: figures et configurations de l'activité littéraire au Mali, L'Harmattan, 2005, p. 303.
- ^ "Fanta-Taga Tembely: An author from Mali writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 16 July 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
- [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3
- [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