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Véronique Tadjo

Ivorian writer den painter

Véronique Tadjo (born 1955) be a writer, poet, novelist, den artist wey komot Côte d'Ivoire. She live den work insyd chaw countries within de African continent den diaspora, she dey feel einself to be pan-African, for a way wey dey reflect insyd de subject matter, imagery den allusions of ein work.[1]

Véronique Tadjo
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Country wey e be citizenIvory Coast, France Edit
Name wey dem give amVéronique Edit
Family nameTadjo Edit
Ein date of birth21 July 1955 Edit
Place dem born amParis Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signFrench, English Edit
Writing languageFrench Edit
Ein occupationnovelist, poet, children's writer, teacher, writer Edit
Field for workpoetry Edit
EmployerFélix Houphouët Boigny University Edit
Educate forParis-Sorbonne University - Paris IV, University of Paris, Félix Houphouët Boigny University Edit
Award e receiveGrand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire Edit
Dema official websitehttps://veroniquetadjo.com/ Edit
Tadjo during a public reading insyd Frankfurt/Main, 2001.

Biography

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Early years den education

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Dem born am insyd Paris, France, Véronique Tadjo be de daughter of an Ivorian civil servant den a French painter den sculptor. Dem bring am up insyd Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, she travel widely plus ein family.[2]

Tadjo plete ein BA degree for de University of Abidjan den ein doctorate for de Sorbonne insyd African-American Literature and Civilization. Insyd 1983, she go Howard University insyd Washington, D.C., for a Fulbright research scholarship top.[3][4]

Career

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Insyd 1979, Tadjo choose make she teach English for de Lycée Moderne de Korhogo (secondary school) insyd de North of Côte d'Ivoire. She subsequently cam turn a lecturer insyd de English department for de University of Abidjan til 1993.[5][6]

Insyd 1984, she publish ein first book of poetry, Latérite / Red Earth, wey she win a literary prize from de Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique.[7] Na dem include Writing by Tadjo insyd de 1992 anthology Daughters of Africa, wey Margaret Busby edit am.[8]

Insyd 1998, she participate insyd de project "Rwanda: Ecrire par devoir de mémoire" (Rwanda: Writing for the sake of memory) plus a group of African writers wey travel go Rwanda make dem testify to de Rwandan genocide den ein aftermath. Na ein book L'Ombre d'Imana (2000) emerge from ein time insyd Rwanda.[9]

Insyd de past few years, na she facilitate workshops insyd writing den illustrating kiddies dema books insyd Mali, Benin, Chad, Haiti, Mauritius, French Guiana, Burundi, Rwanda, de United States, den South Africa. Insyd 2006 she participate insyd de fall residency of de International Writing Program for de University of Iowa.

Na Tadjo live insyd Paris, Lagos, Mexico City, Nairobi den London. Na she base insyd Johannesburg after 2007 as head of French Studies for de University of the Witwatersrand.[10][11]

Awards den honours

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Tadjo receive de Literary Prize of L'Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique insyd 1983 den de UNICEF Prize insyd 1993 for Mamy Wata and the Monster, wich na dem sanso choose as one of Africa ein 100 Best Books of de 20th Century, one of four kiddies dema books per dem select.[12]

Insyd 2005, Tadjo win de Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire wey insyd 2016 de Bernard Dadié national grand prize for literature. Na ein 2021 book In the Company of Men win de Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction.[13][14][15]

Insyd a June 2024 graduation ceremony for de University of St Andrews, na dem award Tadjo an honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt).[16]

Works

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Poetry

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  • Latérite (Éditions Hatier "Monde noir Poche", 1984). Bi-lingual edition, Red Earth – Latérite; Peter S. Thompson translate am (Washington University Press, 2006)
  • A vol d'oiseau (Éditions Harmattan; 1986); Wangui wa Goro translate am plus de title As The Crow Flies (Heinemann African Writers Series, 2001)
  • A mi-chemin (Éditions Harmattan, 2000)

Novels

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  • Le Royaume aveugle (Éditions Harmattan, 1991); Janis Mayes translate am as The Blind Kingdom (Ayebia Clarke Publishing, 2008)
  • Champs de bataille et d'amour (Éditions Présence Africaine; Les Nouvelles Éditions Ivoiriennes, 1999)
  • L'ombre d'Imana: Voyages jusqu'au bout du Rwanda, Actes Sud, 2000); Veronique Wakerley translate am as The Shadow of Imana: Travels in the Heart of Rwanda (Heinemann AWS, 2002)
  • Reine Pokou (Actes Sud, 2005); Amy B. Reid translate am as Queen Pokou (Ayebia Clarke Publishing, 2009)
  • Loin de mon père (Actes Sud, 2010); Amy B. Reid translate am as Far from My Father (University of Virginia Press/CARAF, 2014)
  • In the Company of Men (Other Press, 2021, ISBN 978-1-63542-095-1); John Cullen translate am

Kiddies dema books

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  • La Chanson de la vie (1990)
  • Lord of the Dance: An African Retelling (Le Seigneur de la Danse; Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, 1993; 1988)
  • Grandma Nana (Grand-Mère Nanan; Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, 1996; 2000)
  • Masque, raconte-moi (Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes)
  • Si j´étais roi, si j´étais reine (Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes); translated by the author as If I Were a King, If I Were a Queen (London: Milet Publishing, 2002)
  • Mamy Wata et le Monstre (Mamy Wata and the Monster) (Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, 1993; Prix UNICEF, 1993; bi-lingual edition London: Milet Publishing, 2000)
  • Le Grain de Maïs Magique (Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, 1996)
  • Le Bel Oiseau et la Pluie (Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, 1998)
  • Nelson Mandela: "Non à L'Apartheid" (Actes Sud Junior, 2010)
  • Ayanda, la petite fille qui ne voulait pas grandir (Actes Sud Junior, 2007; Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes/CEDA)

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References

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  1. ↑ Veronique Tadjo’s Literary Pan Africanism, The Culture Trip.
  2. ↑ "Véronique Tadjo: An author from the Ivory Coast writing in French", The University of Western Australia/French, 25 December 1995.
  3. ↑ "Tadjo, Véronique 1955– | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  4. ↑ Murphy, Barbara Thrash; Murphy, Deborah L. (2006-12-21). Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults (in English). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-87355-4.
  5. ↑ "Véronique Tadjo - Academia.edu". independent.academia.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  6. ↑ "James S. Coleman Memorial Lecture: Oral Tradition, Religious Syncretism and Politics: The Example of Cote d'Ivoire". www.international.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  7. ↑ "Tadjo, Véronique 1955–". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  8. ↑ Odhiambo, Tom (17 January 2020). "'New Daughters of Africa' is a must read for aspiring young women writers". The Nation. Kenya.
  9. ↑ Hitchcott, N. (2009-04-01). "A Global African Commemoration - Rwanda: ecrire par devoir de memoire". Forum for Modern Language Studies (in English). 45 (2): 151–161. doi:10.1093/fmls/cqp003. ISSN 0015-8518.
  10. ↑ Veronique Tadjo, Brief Professional History Archived 24 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
  11. ↑ "Oral Tradition, Religious Syncretism and Politics: The Example of Cote d’Ivoire", UCLA International Institute. Archived 12 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  12. ↑ African Writing Online, No 7.
  13. ↑ "Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners Announced". Los Angeles Times. 22 April 2022.
  14. ↑ Pineda, Dorany (April 23, 2022). "Rep. Adam Schiff, Véronique Tadjo and Paul Auster among winners of the L.A. Times Book Prizes". Los Angeles Times.
  15. ↑ Ibeh, Chukwuebuka (11 May 2022). "Ivorian Novelist Veronique Tadjo Wins LA Times Top Book Prize for Novel on Ebola". Brittle Paper. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  16. ↑ "Véronique Tadjo will be awarded DLitt on Monday 10 June 2024 during the second ceremony". University of St Andrews. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
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