Adélaïde H. Edith Bignon Fassinou (born September 15, 1955, in
Porto-Novo
Porto-Novo (Portuguese: "New Port", , ; yo, Àjàṣẹ́, ), also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe, is the capital of Benin. The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people.
Situated on an inlet of the Gulf of Gu ...
) is a
Benin
Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...
ese writer and Benin's General Secretary for
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
. She has written four novels in French. Her married name is Allagbada.
University of Western Australia site on Francophone African Women Writers
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Publications
* ''Modukpè, le rêve brisé''. Paris: L'Harmattan (Collection Encres Noires no 194), 2000. (130 pp.). . Novel.
* ''Yémi ou le miracle de l'amour''. Cotonou (Bénin): Editions du Flamboyant, 2000 (142 pp.). .
* ''L'Oiseau messager''. Cotonou: Editions Ruisseaux d'Afrique, 2002 (24 pp.). .
* ''Toute une vie ne suffirait pas pour en parler''. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2002 (194 pp.). . Nouvelles.
* ''Enfant d'autrui, fille de personne''. Cotonou: Editions du Flamboyant, 2003 (172 pp.). . Roman.
* ''Jeté en pâture''. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2005 (228 pp.). . Roman.
* ''La petite fille des eaux''. Bertoua/Cameroun: Editions Ndzé: 2006 (96 pp.). . Roman (co-written with 10 other writers).
References
1955 births
Living people
20th-century women writers
20th-century novelists
21st-century women writers
21st-century novelists
Beninese women writers
Beninese novelists
Beninese women novelists
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