This is a list of Nigerien writers.
- Idé Adamou (1951– ), poet and novelist[Gikandi]
- Ousmane Amadou (1948–2018), poet, novelist, lawyer and journalist[Gikandi]
- Djibo Bakary (1922–1998), politician and writer
- Ada Boureïma, writer
- Andrée Clair, born and died in France (1916–1982), ethnographer and children's writer
- Mahamadou Halilou Sabbo (1937–2006), novelist and playwright[Gikandi]
- Boubacar Hama Beidi (born 1951), educator, author, and politician
- Boubou Hama (1906–1982), politician and writer[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Hawad (1950– ), Tuareg poet currently living in France[Gikandi]
- Hélène Kaziende (1967– ), teacher, journalist and short story writer[1]
- Salihu Kwantagora (1929– ), songwriter and poet[Gikandi]
- Abdoulaye Mamani (1932–1993), poet, novelist and trade unionist[Gikandi]
- Ide Oumarou (1937–2002), politician, diplomat and writer
- Samira Sabou (born 1981), journalist and blogger
- Andre Salifou (1942– 2022), politician, diplomat and academic[Jahn]
[Jahn] Janheinz Jahn, Ulla Schild & Almut Nordmann Seiler, eds.,
Who's who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries. Horst Erdmann Verlag, 1972.
ISBN 978-3-7711-0153-4