Tanella Boni

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(Suzanne) Tannella Boni is an Ivorian poet and novelist.

Born in Abidjan, Tanella Boni did her advanced studies in Toulouse, France, and the University of Paris. She became a professor of philosophy at the University of Abidjan, where she also writes poems, novels, short stories, criticism, and children's literature.

She served as President of the Writers' Association of Côte d'Ivoire from 1991 to 1997 and organized Abidjan's International Poetry Festival. In 2005, she received the Ahmadou Kourouma Prize for her novel Matins de couvre-feu.

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Labyrinthe (poems), Editions Akpagnon, Lomé, 1984
Une vie de crabe (novel), Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Sénégal, Dakar, 1990
De l'autre côté du soleil (children's story), NEA-EDICEF, Paris, 1991
La fugue d'Ozone (children's story), NEA-EDICEF, Paris, 1992
Grains de sable (poems), Le bruit des autres, Limoges, 1993
Les baigneurs du Lac rose (novel), Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, *Abidjan, 1995, réédition Le serpent à plumes, Paris, 2002
Il n'y a pas de parole heureuse (poems), Le bruit des autres, Limoges, 1997
L'atelier des génies (children's story), Acoria, Paris, 2001
Chaque jour l'espérance (poems), L'Harmatttan, Paris 2002
Ma peau est fenêtre d'avenir (poems), Rumeur des Ages, La Rochelle, 2004
Gorée île baobab (poems), Limoges/Ecrits des forges, Trois-Rivières (Québec), 2004
Matins de couvre-feu (novel), Editions du Serpent à plumes, Paris 2005