List of Guinean writers

This is a list of Guinean writers.

• Kesso Barry (born 1948), autobiographer also associated with Senegal
• Saïdou Bokoum (born 1945), novelist
• Sory Camara, anthropologist
• Ahmed Tidjani Cissé (born 1942), playwright
• Koumanthio Zeinab Diallo (born 1956), poet and novelist
• Alioum Fantouré (born 1938), economist and novelist
• Keita Fodeba (1921–1969), actor, politician and writer
• Lansiné Kaba (1941–2023), historian
• Fodéba Keïta (1921–1969), poet and dancer
• Siré Komara (born 1991), novelist: Mes Racines
• Camara Laye (1928–1980), novelist: The Black Child
• Tierno Monénembo (born 1947), novelist: The Oldest Orphan, Les écailles du Ciel, Peulorihno, Le Roi de Kahel
• Condetto Nénékhaly-Camera (1930–1972), poet and playwright
• Djibril Tamsir Niane (1932–2021), novelist and historian
• Williams Sassine (1944–1997), French-language novelist
• Sékou Touré (1922–1984), politician, political writer and occasional poet
• Mamadou Traoré, also known as Ray Autra (1916–1991), teacher and poet

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