Khady Sylla (

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

, March 27, 1963 – Dakar, October 8, 2013) was a

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

ese writer of two novels, short work, and filmmaker.

Life

Born in

, she studied at the ''École Normale Supérieure'' where she became interested in a literary career. She later became one of a small number of African women film makers. Her ''An Open Window'' won a first film prize at the

Marseille Festival of Documentary Film Marseille International Film Festival (in French the Festival international de cinéma de Marseille or FIDMarseille) is a documentary film festival held yearly since 1989 in Marseille, France. The festival awards grand prizes in international and ...

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She was one of several Senegalese filmmakers mentored by French ethnologist

Jean Rouch Jean Rouch (; 31 May 1917 – 18 February 2004) was a French filmmaker and anthropologist. He is considered one of the founders of cinéma vérité in France. Rouch's practice as a filmmaker, for over 60 years in Africa, was characterized b ...

. She was the older sister of the filmmaker Mariama Sylla, with whom she co-directed the film ''Une simple parole''.

Works

;Novels *''Le Jeu de la Mer'' he Game of the Sea Paris: L'Harmattan, 1992. ;Films *''Les Bijoux''-(1997), Short film *''Colobane Express'' (1999), docu-drama about the passengers of a Senegalese bus. *''

Une fenêtre ouverte ''Une Fenêtre ouverte'' is a 2005 documentary film. Synopsis Can madness be described? Is it possible to express the pain that it entails? In 1994, when she was about to fall prey to her illness, Khady Sylla met Aminta Ngom, who exhibited ...

'' (2005), documentary short (52 min.) *''Une simple parole'' (2014)

References

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Khady Sylla: An author from Senegal writing in French
Senegalese novelists Senegalese film directors 1963 births 2013 deaths People from Dakar Senegalese writers in French Senegalese women writers Academic staff of Cheikh Anta Diop University 20th-century novelists 20th-century women writers {{Senegal-writer-stub