Fatou DIOME An author from Senegal writing in French [Return to French — Page originale en français]

Fatou Diome was born in 1968 in Niodior, a small island in Senegal. She was raised by her grandmother. As a thirteen-year-old, she left her village to continue her studies in other Senegalese cities and financed her wandering-life by various jobs. She attended M'Bour high school, worked as a maid in Gambia, finally starting her academic studies in Dakar. Aged 22, she married a French citizen and decided to follow him to France. In 1994, she settled in Alsace and continued her studies at the University of Strasbourg. From 2002 to 2003, she was a part-time lecturer at the Marc Loch University of Strasbourg and at the Institute of Pedagogy of Karlsruhe (Germany). She is now preparing a Doctorate Degree in Modern Literature on the theme of "Travels, exchanges and training in the literary and cinematographic work of Sembene Ousmane". From September 2004 to November 2006, she presented the cultural and literary show "Sleepless night" hosted by the French channel France 3 Alsace. Her first novel, Le ventre de l'Atlantique (translated into English as "The Belly of the Atlantic") was a resounding success.

Publications

La préférence nationale. [The national preference] Paris/Dakar: Présence Africaine, 2001 (96p.). ISBN 2-7087-0722-1. Short stories.

Le ventre de l'Atlantique. [The belly of the Atlantic] Paris : Anne Carrière, 2003. (300p.). ISBN 2-84337-238-0. Novel. Translated into English, "The Belly of the Atlantic", London: Serpent's tail, 2006.

Kétala. Paris: Flammarion, 2006. (286p.). ISBN: 2-08-0689932-2. Novel.

Inassouvies, nos vies. [Our unfulfilled lives] Paris: Flammarion, 2008. (272p.). ISBN: 978-2-0812-1353-1. Novel.

Le vieil homme sur la barque. Paris: naïve, 2010. (46p.). ISBN: 978-2-35021-213-5. Autobiographical short story. [Small book].

Celles qui attendent. Paris: Flammarion, 2010. (230p.). ISBN: 978-2-0812-4563-1. Novel.

Impossible de grandir. Paris: Flammarion, 2013. (414p.). ISBN: 978-2-0812-9029-7. Roman.

Reviews

Jean-Marie Volet. "Le Ventre de l'Atlantique". September 2009. Review.

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Created: 03 May 2001
Modified: 29 September 2013
Archived: 28 November 2013
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