Khady Sylla
Khady Sylla (Dakar, March 27, 1963 – Dakar, October 8, 2013) was a Senegalese writer of two novels, short work, and filmmaker.
Khady Sylla
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- Name
- Khady Sylla
- Born
- March 27 1963
- Birthplace
- Dakar
- Died
- October 28 2013
- Education
- École Normale Supérieure
- Occupation
- Writer. filmmaker
- Nationality
- Senegal
- Languages
- French
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Khady Sylla (Dakar, March 27, 1963 – Dakar, October 8, 2013) was a Senegalese writer of two novels, short work, and filmmaker.
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• Name — Khady Sylla • Born — March 27 1963 • Birthplace — Dakar • Died — October 28 2013 • Place of death — Dakar • Education — École Normale Supérieure • Occupation — Writer. filmmaker • Notable Works — Une fenêtre ouverte • Relatives — Mariama Sylla
Life
Life
Born in Dakar, 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. She was one of several Senegalese filmmakers mentored by French ethnologist Jean Rouch. She was the older sister of the filmmaker Mariama Sylla, with whom she co-directed the film Une simple parole.
Works
Works
• Novels • Le Jeu de la Mer [The 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 (2005), documentary short (52 min.) • Une simple parole (2014)
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2013
Khady Sylla died at Dakar.
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- 1.http://www.lepoint.fr/culture/senegal-deces-de-la-cineaste-khady-sylla-16-10-2013-1744438_3.php
- 2.Interview de Khady Sylla par Modibo S. Keïta publiée dans Amina en juillet 1999 http://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/SyllaKhady.html
- 3.Site du festival
- 4.« Khady Sylla : filmer depuis la faille pour dire la folie » à propos de son film Une Fenêtre ouverte (2005), sur Balises, magazine de la Bibliothèque publique d'information.
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- Françoise Pfaff, « Khady Sylla », in: À l'écoute du cinéma sénégalais, Paris : L'Harmattan, 2010,
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