This is a list of Guinean writers. * Kesso Barry (1948– ), autobiographer also associated with Senegal * Saïdou Bokoum (1945– ), novelist * , anthropologist * (1942– ), playwright * Koumanthio Zeinab Diallo (1956– ), poet and novelist * (1938– ), economist and novelist * (1921–1969), actor, politician and writer * , historian * Fodéba Keïta (1924–1969), poet and dancer * Siré Komara (1991– ), novelist: Mes Racines * Camara Laye (1928–1980), novelist: * Tierno Monénembo (1947– ), novelist: , , , * (1930–1972), poet and playwright * Djibril Tamsir Niane (1932– ), novelist and historian * Williams Sassine (1944–1997), French-language novelist * Sékou Touré (1922–1984), politician, political writer and occasional poet * , also known as (born 1916), teacher and poet