List of Senegalese writers

This is a list of prominent Senegalese authors (by surname)

A - G

 * Agbo, Berte-Evelyne, poet, also connected with Benin
 * Bâ, Mariama (1929–1981), French-language novelist
 * Barry, Kesso (1948– ), autobiographer born in Guinea
 * Barry, Mariama, French-language autobiographical novelist
 * Benga, Sokhna (1967– ), novelist and poet
 * Bocoum, Jacqueline Fatima, former journalist turned author and programme director
 * Bugul, Ken (1948– ), autobiographical writer and novelist
 * Cisse, Mamadou (1956– )
 * Diakhate, Lamine (1928–1987), poet and novelist
 * Diallo, Nafissatou Niang (1941–1982), autobiographer, novelist and children's writer
 * Dieng, Mame Younousse, novelist in French and Wolof
 * Aminata Sophie Dièye (1973–2016), journalist, novelist and playwright
 * Babacar Sedikh Diouf (1928– ), historian, author and intellectual
 * Diouf, Nafissatou Dia (1973– ), novelist and children's writer,
 * Diouf, Sylviane, historian and lecturer
 * Diome, Fatou (1968– ), novelist
 * Diop, Alioune (1910–1980), essayist and intellectual
 * Diop, Birago (1906–1989), French-language folklorist, poet and autobiographer
 * Diop, Boubacar Boris (1946– ), novelist
 * Diop, Cheikh Anta (1923–1986), Afrocentric historian and anthropologist
 * Diop, David (1927–1960), poet
 * Dogbeh, Richard, also connected with Benin, Togo and Côte d'Ivoire (1932–2003)
 * Fall, Khadi (1948– ), poet
 * Fall, Kiné Kirama (1934– ), poet
 * Fall, Malick (1920–1978), French-language novelist and poet
 * Faye, Louis Diène (1936– ), anthropologist and scholar of Serer religion, history and culture
 * Gnimagnon, Christine Adjahi (1945– ), also connected with Benin

H - O

 * Hane, Khadidjatou (Khady) (1962– )
 * Joof, Tamsier (1973– )
 * Ka, Aminata Maïga (1940–2005), French-language novelist
 * Kane, Cheikh Hamidou (1928– ), French-language novelist
 * Kane, Ndèye Fatou (1986– ), Senegalese novelist and feminist, granddaughter of Cheikh Hamidou Kane
 * Mbaye, Annette (d'Erneville) (1926– )
 * Amina Sow Mbaye (1937– ) French-language poet and novelist
 * Mordasini, Diana
 * Ndao, Cheikh Aliou (1933– ), novelist, playwright and poet
 * Adja Ndèye Boury Ndiaye (1936– ), novelist
 * Ndiaye, Marie, born in France (1967– ), novelist
 * Ndoye, Mariama (1953– ), novelist, short story writer and children's writer
 * Niane, Djibril Tamsir (1932–2021), novelist and historian
 * Niang, Mame Bassine (1951–2013), writer and lawyer
 * Niang, Fatou Siga (1932–2022)

P - Z

 * Sadji, Abdoulaye (1910–1961), novelist and children's writer
 * Sall, Amadou Lamine (1951– ), poet
 * Sall, Ibrahima (1949– ), novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer
 * Sarr, Alioune (1908–2001), historian and politician, scholar of Serer history
 * Seek, Alioune Badara (1945– ), novelist
 * Sembène, Ousmane (1923–2007), writer and filmmaker
 * Sène, Fama Diagne (1969– ), novelist and playwright
 * Senghor, Léopold Sédar (1906–2001), poet and politician
 * Catherine Shan (1952– ), French language novelist and film director
 * Ousmane Socé (1911–1973), French-language novelist
 * Sow, Fatou Ndiaye (1956–2004)
 * Sow Fall, Aminata (1941– ), novelist
 * Sylla, Khady (1963–2013)
 * Thiaw, Issa Laye (1943–2017), historian, theologian and scholar of Serer religion and history
 * Rama Thiaw (1978– ), filmmaker, screenwriter
 * Traoré, Abibatou (1973– )
 * Vieyra, Myriam Warner (1939–2017), novelist born in Guadeloupe
 * Wheatley, Phillis (1753–1784)