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Mame Younousse Dieng (1939–2016), Wolof-language novelist, poet (D)
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Fatou Ndiaye Sow (1956–2004), poet, children's writer (S)
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Aïssatou Cissé (born c.1970), novelist, political advisor (C)
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Aïssatou Diamanka-Besland (born 1972), French-language essayist, novelist, journalist (D)
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Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum (active since 2000s), French-language novelist, journalist (B)
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Rama Thiaw (born 1978), screenwriter (T)
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In the history of literary development, female writers have been comparatively less advantageous. Influenced by the environment at that time, many people of different social classes were contemptuous and disdainful of the female writing profession. But in Senegal, there are very good women writers, and in this tool, there are 27 of them. Some of them won the prize for Excellence in literature, which established the position of women in Senegal as well as women writers.
When you look at a random list of Senegalese women writers, you can use this tool to find their full names, dates of birth and death, the language of writing, type of writing they are good at, a literary genre, and other important information. These Senegalese women writers have proved in their own deeds that women in the history of literature are more sensitive, more capable of thinking and acting, at the same time, some of their works have been translated into a variety of languages in the international wide circulation.
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