List of Burkinabe writers

This is a list of Burkinabé writers.


 * François Djobi Bassolet (1933–2001), journalist, historian, and cultural leader
 * Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (b. 1967), French-language poet, Ivorian-Canadian journalist and poet raised in Burkina Faso
 * Jacques Prosper Bazié (b. 1955), poet
 * Nazi Boni (1909–1969), politician and writer
 * Sarah Bouyain (b. 1968), French-Burkinabé writer and film director
 * Simporé Simone Compaore (b. c. 1956), French-language playwright
 * Augustin-Sondé Coulibaly (b. 1933), French-language novelist, poet and critic
 * Bernadette Sanou Dao (b. 1952), politician, poet and children's writer
 * D. Jean Pierre Guingané (b. 1947), playwright, actor and director
 * Frédéric Guirma (1931–2024), writer and politician
 * Zarra Guiro (b. 1957), French-language autobiographical writer
 * Ignace Ansomwin Hien (b. 1952), novelist, poet and storywriter
 * Monique Ilboudo (b. 1959), politician and writer
 * Pierre Claver Ilboudo (b. 1948), French-language novelist
 * Sophie Heidi Kam (b. 1968), French-language poet, playwright and novelist
 * Sandra Pierrette Kanzié, French-language poet
 * Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006), politician, historian, writer and activist
 * Amadou Koné (b. 1953), novelist, playwright and short story writer
 * Gaël Koné (b. 1976), French-language poet
 * Honorine Mare (b. 1972), French-language poet and academic
 * Roger Nikiéma (b. c.1935), French-language journalist, novelist and poet
 * Suzy Henrique Nikiéma (b. 1983), French-language novelist
 * Kollin Noaga, pseudonym of Ernest Nongma Ouedraogo, politician, novelist and playwright
 * Malika Ouattara (b. 1993), slam poet
 * Dim-Dolobsom Ouedraogo (1897–1940), intellectual
 * Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (b. 1943), griot, historian, museum curator and French-language writer
 * Bernadette Sanou Dao (b. 1952), author and poet
 * Adiza Sanoussi, French-language novelist
 * Etienne Sawadogo, French-language novelist
 * Marie-Simone Séri (b. 1954), French-language autobiographical writer also connected with Côte d'Ivoire
 * Jean-Baptiste Somé, novelist
 * Malidoma Patrice Somé (1956–2021), writer about religion, died in Oregon, United States
 * Maxime Z. Somé (b. 1959), academic, politician and novelist
 * Norbert Zongo (1949–1998), assassinated newspaper publisher, editor, journalist and novelist