Adiza Sanoussi is the ''nom de plume'' of Alizata Sana, a contemporary Burkinabé novelist.

Biography

Born on the border between

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

and

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesUniversity of Ouagadougou. She has published six books in French. They treat social problems facing African young people such as forced marriage, prostitution and rural exodus.

Selected works

* 2001: ''Les deux maris''. Paris: Editions Moreux (283 pages) . * 2005: ''Devoir de cuissage''. Ouagadougou: Editions JEL (142 pages) . * 2010: ''Et Yallah s’exila''. Ouagadougou: Editions JEL (161 pages) . * 2012: ''Sopam, le duc de Liptougou''. Paris: Harmattan. (184 pages) . * 2013: ''Ciel dégagé sur Ouaga''. Ouagadougou: Harmattan Burkina (146 pages) . * ''L'Empire Lidea''

Awards

In 2008, she was awarded the ''Chevalier de l’Ordre du mérite des arts, de la culture et de la communication'', at the Ouagadougou International Book Fair.

References

Living people Burkinabé women writers Burkinabé writers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Burkinabé people {{BurkinaFaso-writer-stub