Patrick Gomdaogo Ilboudo (February 18, 1951- February 28, 1994) was a writer from in
Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso.
He was born in Bilbalgo neighborhood. He went to a school in
Baoghin and
Laurent Gilhat high school and after his
BEPC, he had to start working.
He studied modern literature at the
University of Ouagadougou with a master in
IFP
IFP may refer to:
Film
* Ian Fleming Publications, a film production company formerly known as both Glidrose Productions Limited and Glidrose Publications Limited
* Independent Filmmaker Project, a series of membership-based, not-for-profit organi ...
and a doctorate at the
Panthéon-Assas University in 1983 with ''La politique française vue par les journaux africains''
In 1980, he founded the mutual insurance company for the union and solidarity of writers (MUSE) with writers like
Norbert Zongo.
Ilboudo was an assistant in ''institut africain d'études cinématographiques'' (INAFEC) of the University of Ouagadougou. In 1983 he created the associative anti-racist humanitarian movement MOVRAP.
Works
* ''Les Toilettes'', 1983
* ''Le Procès du Muet'', 1986
* ''Le Vertige du trône'', 1990
* ''Le Héraut têtu'', 1992
Awards
*
Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire
The Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire (one of the major literary prizes of Black Africa for Francophone Literature) is a literary prize presented every year by the ADELF, the Association of French Language Writers for a French original text ...
, 1992.
References
1951 births
1994 deaths
Burkinabé male writers
People from Ouagadougou
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