Adamou Idé (born 22 November 1951)Biography at th

(2005) is a Nigerien

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and

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Biography

A native speaker of the Zarma language, Idé left his home in Niamey, Niger, to study public administration in France, receiving degrees from

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(''Université de Paris I'') and the

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in Paris, serving as an official in the

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and in international organizations. Idé published his first collection of poems, ''Cri Inachivé'' (''The Unfinished Cry'') in 1984, and his first novel in 1987. He has published both in French and in Zarma. Idé won the first Nigerien National Poetry Prize (''Prix national de Poésie'') in 1981 and the ''Grand Prix Littéraire

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du Niger'' in 1996. He has served as a jury member for the

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in 1991 and received the ''Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite'' ("Knight of the Order of Merit") of Niger. He has served as the president of the "Societé des Gens du Lettres du Niger" and the 3rd African Forum of Documentary Film (Niamey, 2008.)

Works

*Tous les blues ne donnent pas le cafardThe phrase "donner le cafard", literally "gives you the cockroach", is a French language idiom meaning "to make depressed". (''Not All Blues Make You Depressed''), Novel, Editions La Cheminante, Ciboure, 2009 *Misères et grandeurs ordinaires (''Miseries and Glories of Regular People''), Novel, Editions La Cheminante, Hendaye, 2008 *Chants de mer pour un fils malade, (''Sea Shanties for a Sick Child'') Poems, Editions Nathan-Adamou, Niamey, 2006 *Ay ne hân J'ai dit que..., (''So I Said...'') Short fiction, (Edited collection, Zarma language), Editions Albasa, Niamey, 2004 *Wa sappe ay se ! Votez pour moi ! (''Vote For Me!'') Short fiction, (Zarma language), Editions Albasa, Niamey, 2003 *Talibo, un enfant du quartier (''Talibo, a Neighborhood Child''), Novel, Editions L'Harmattan, Paris, 1996 *Sur les terres de silence (''On the Lands of Silence''), Poems, Editions L'Harmattan, Paris, 1994 *La Camisole de paille (''The Straw Camisole''), Novel, Imprimerie Nationale du Niger NN Niamey, 1987 *Cri inachevé (''The Unfinished Cry'', French/Zarma), Poems, Imprimerie Nationale du Niger NN Niamey, 1984

External links

*English language translation of poem "J'ai peur" ("I'm Scared") at th
festival de poesia de Medellin
(2005).

References

*Simon Gikandi. "Adamou Idé". Encyclopedia of African literature. Taylor & Francis, 2003 pp. 13–14.
Amadou Ide, écrivain nigérien
Raliou Hamed-Assaleh, Radio France Internationale. 30 January 2010.
"Tous les blues ne donnent pas le cafard" le nouveau livre de Adamou Idé
Fofo Magazine (Niamey). 8 September 2009. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ide, Adamou 1951 births Living people Nigerien poets Nigerien novelists École nationale d'administration alumni University of Paris alumni Zarma people 20th-century poets 21st-century poets 20th-century novelists 21st-century novelists