Fatou Keïta
Fatou Keïta (born 1965) is an Ivorian writer of children's books and novels.
Fatou Keïta
- Born
- 1955 · Soubré.
- Nationality
- Ivory Coast
- Occupation
- writer
- Honours
- Fulbright Scholarship
- Languages
- French · English
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Born in Soubré in Ivory Coast, Fatou Keïta had her primary education in Bordeaux, where her father was studying surgery. She subsequently went to high school in Bouaké, where she gained her baccalaureate in 1974. In 1981, she graduated from the University of Côte d'Ivoire, and did further studies in England and the United States. In 1995 she won a Fulbright Scholarship and went to the University of Virginia at Charlottesville to research Black African women writers in the US as well as in England. She went on to become a lecturer in the English Department of the Université de Cocody. She has won awards for her writings for children. Her first novel, Rebelle (1998), deals with female genital cutting.
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1955
Fatou Keïta was born in 1955.
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Awards and honours
1994, Le petit garçon bleu, First Prize, literary competition for Children's Books organised by the ACCT 1997, Le petit garçon bleu, commendation, UNESCO Prize Le petit garçon bleu, Ivory Coast Prize for Excellence 1995, Fulbright Scholarship Le Coq qui ne voulait plus chanter (NEI 1999), Prix Enfance, Association of Ivory Coast Writers 2008, Le Loup du Petit Chaperon Rouge en Afrique (NEI/CEDA 2007), Mention Honorable, NOMA Prize
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- 1.Fatou Keita Biography
- 2."Fulbright Alumni Association Ivory Coast".
- 3." Visiting Fulbright Scholar Fatou Keita Wins Awards for Children's Stories" , 1994-12-09.
- 4.The University of Western Australia. Fatou Keïta. aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 8
- 1996: Le petit garçon en bleu, La voleuse de sourires, Sibani la petite dernière
- 1998: Rebelle
- 1999: Le coq qui ne voulait plus chanter
- 2002: Le billet de 10 000 F
- 2004: Un arbre pour Lollie
- 2006: Et l'aube se leva…
- 2009: Le chien qui aimait les chats!
- 2011: La petite pièce de monnaie
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