Francophone literature is literature written in the French language. Most often the term is used to refer to literature from francophone countries outside France.

Francophone literature may refer to aspects of:

• Literature of France
• Literature of Belgium
• Literature of Switzerland
• Literature of Canada
  • List of French Canadian writers from outside Quebec
  • Literature of Quebec
    • List of Quebec authors
• Literature of francophone Africa
  • Postcolonial literature
  • List of African writers (by country)

Examples of francophone writers

• List of French language poets
• List of French language authors
• Georges Simenon (Belgium)
• Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgium)
• Léopold Sédar Senghor (Senegal)
• Samuel Beckett (Ireland)
• Blaise Cendrars (Switzerland)
• Émile Nelligan (Canada)

See also

• La Francophonie