Tag: an author
A land, an author: in Tunisia with Fawzia Zouari
Born in Le Kef in Tunisia, Fawzia Zouari holds a doctorate in French and comparative literature. Based in Paris since 1979, she is a journalist and writer. His work is…
One land, one author: in Guinea with Tierno Monénembo
Born July 21, 1947 in Guinea, Tierno Monénembo went into exile in 1969 and lived successively in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire before moving to France in 1973 to continue his…
One land, one author: in Mali with Diadié Dembélé
Diadié Dembélé was born in Kodié, in western Mali. A graduate of the Master’s degree in literary creation from the University of Paris VIII, he works as an interpreter in…
A land, an author: in Ivory Coast with Marguerite Abouet
Marguerite Abouet, born in Abidjan, in the popular district of Yopougon, was twelve years old when she arrived in Paris, where she discovered libraries with wonder and was passionate about…
One land, one author: in the DRC with Tatiana Mukanire Bandalire
National coordinator of the National Movement of Survivors of Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tatiana Mukanire Bandalire delivers, in “Beyond our tears”, prefaced by Doctor Denis Mukwege,…
One land, one author: in Iceland with Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir lives in Reykjavík. After studying art history in Paris, she directed the Museum of the University of Iceland. She is the author of several novels including “Rosa…
One land, one author: in Nigeria with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a writer from Abba, southeastern Nigeria, has lived in the United States for more than twenty years. She is the author of several novels: Purple Hibiscus (2003)…
One land, one author: in Mozambique with Isabela Figueiredo
Isabela Figueiredo, born in Maputo in 1963, (formerly Lourenço Marques), of Portuguese parents, left Mozambique at the time of the country’s independence in 1975. Her parents remained, and she lived…
One land, one author: in Brazil with Estelle-Sarah Bulle
Estelle-Sarah Bulle was born in 1974 in Créteil, from a Guadeloupean father and a mother who grew up on the Franco-Belgian border. She is the author of a first novel,Where…
One land, one author: in Senegal with David Diop
Born in Paris in 1966, David Diop grew up in Senegal and is a lecturer at the University of Pau. He signs, withThe Gate of the Journey of No Return»,…