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 or 1901–1991), historian, theologian, ethnographer, novelist and autobiographer.^[Jahn] ^{[Killam & Rowe]}
Adame Ba Konaré (1947– ), historian and writer.
Seydou Badian Kouyaté (1928– ), 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 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.
Moussa Konaté (1951– ), French-language writer.
Ibrahima Mamadou Ouane (1908– ), writer.^[Jahn]
Yambo Ouologuem (1940– ), 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.

References

↑ 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 2011-11-11.

[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

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