Adélaïde Fassinou
Illustration — Adélaïde Fassinou Adélaïde H. Edith Bignon Fassinou (born September 15, 1955, in Porto-Novo) is a Beninese writer and Benin's General Secretary for UNESCO. She has written four novels in French. Her married name is Allagbada.
Adélaïde Fassinou

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- Full name
- Adélaïde Edith Bignon Fassinou.
- Born
- 1955 · Porto-Novo.
- Nationality
- Benin
- Occupation
- novelist · writer · teacher
- Languages
- French
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Adélaïde Fassinou (born 15 September 1955) is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Adélaïde Fassinou was born on 15 September 1955.
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• 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).

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