This is a list of Burkinabé writers. A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job. A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job.
- 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[1]
- Jacques Prosper Bazié (b. 1955), poet[Gikandi]
- Nazi Boni (1909–1969), politician and writer[Gikandi]
- Sarah Bouyain (b. 1968), French-Burkinabé writer and film director
- Simporé Simone Compaore (b. c. 1956), French-language playwright[2]
- Augustin-Sondé Coulibaly (b. 1933), French-language novelist, poet and critic[3]
- Bernadette Sanou Dao (b. 1952), politician, poet and children’s writer
- D. Jean Pierre Guingané (b. 1947), playwright, actor and director[Gikandi]
- Frédéric Guirma (b. 1931), writer and politician
- Zarra Guiro (b. 1957), French-language autobiographical writer[4]
- Ignace Ansomwin Hien (b. 1952), novelist, poet and storywriter[Gikandi]
- Monique Ilboudo (b. 1959), politician and writer[Gikandi]
- Pierre Claver Ilboudo (b. 1948), French-language novelist[5]
- Sophie Heidi Kam (b. 1968), French-language poet, playwright and novelist[6]
- Sandra Pierrette Kanzié, French-language poet[7]
- Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006), politician, historian, writer and activist
- Amadou Koné (b. 1953), novelist, playwright and short story writer[Gikandi]
- Gaël Koné (b. 1976), French-language poet[8]
- Honorine Mare (b. 1972), French-language poet and academic[9]
- Roger Nikiéma (b. c.1935), French-language journalist, novelist and poet[10]
- Suzy Henrique Nikiéma (b. 1983), French-language novelist[11]
- Kollin Noaga, pseudonym of Ernest Nongma Ouedraogo, politician, novelist and playwright[12]
- Malika Ouattara (b. 1993), slam poet[13]
- Dim-Dolobsom Ouedraogo (1897–1940), intellectual[14]
- Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (b. 1943), griot, historian, museum curator and French-language writer[Gikandi]
- Bernadette Sanou Dao (b. 1952), author and poet
- Adiza Sanoussi, French-language novelist[15]
- Etienne Sawadogo, French-language novelist[16]
- Marie-Simone Séri (b. 1954), French-language autobiographical writer also connected with Côte d’Ivoire[17]
- Jean-Baptiste Somé, novelist[18]
- Malidoma Patrice Somé (b. 1956), writer about religion, currently residing in Oregon, United States
- Maxime Z. Somé (b. 1959), academic, politician and novelist[19]
- Norbert Zongo (1949–1998), assassinated newspaper publisher, editor, journalist and novelist[Gikandi]
