- Fatou Diome
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name = Fatou Diome
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birthdate = 1968
birthplace = Niodior,Senegal
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occupation =Novelist ,short story writer
nationality =Senegalese
period = 2001-present
genre =Literary fiction
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website =Fatou Diome (born 1968 in Niodior) is a
Senegal ese writer, known for her bestselling novel "The Belly of the Atlantic" published in 2001. Her work explores immigrant life inFrance , and the relationship between France and Africa. Fatou Diome currently lives inStrasbourg ,France .Biography
Fatou Diome was born in Niodior on the island of the same name in the Sine-Saloum Delta. She was raised by her grandmother and went to school where she learned French and became passionate about French literature. At the age of 13 she left Niodior and continued her education in
M'Bour . Later she moved toDakar to study at the university, supporting herself by working as a housekeeper.In 1990 she married a Frenchman and moved to
France . Rejected by his family she divorces two years later. In 1994 Fatou moves toStrasbourg to study at theUniversity of Strasbourg . She currently works on her Ph.D. in French language and literature. The title of her Ph.D. thesis is "Le Voyage, les échanges et la formation dans l'œuvre littéraire et cinématographique deOusmane Sembène ".Works
Fatou Diome published a collection of short stories, "La Préférence nationale" in 2001. Her first novel, "The Belly of the Atlantic" ( _fr. Le Ventre de l'Atlantique) became a bestseller in France and is published in English by
Serpent's Tail . Her first novel was partly autobiographical and is about Salie, a Senegalese immigrant living in Paris, and her younger brother Madicke, who stayed behind in Senegal. After years of struggle Salie has finally arrived and settled in France. Her younger brother dreams of following her to France and to become a successful football player. "The Belly of the Atlantic" was translated into English, German and Spanish. Her second novel "Kétala" was published in 2006 in France. In her work Fatou Diome explores France and Africa, and the relationship between the two countries.Her style is influenced by the traditional
oral literature of Africa. Her language is authentic and vivid and traces a portrait of the difficulties of integrating in France as an immigrant, mixed with nostalgia and memories of a childhood in Senegal.Bibliography
*. Flammarion,
March 10 ,2006 . ISBN 9782080689931
*. Anne Carrière,August 20 ,2003 . ISBN 9782843372384
*. Serpent's Tail,September 4 ,2006 . ISBN 9781852429034
*. _fr.Présence africaine ,March 16 ,2001 . ISBN 9782708707221External links
* [http://un-livre.un-jour.org Review of "Le Ventre de l’Atlantique"]
* [http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901031215-557045,00.html Article in "Time"]
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