Fatou Diome

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Fatou Diome (born 1968 in Niodior) is a Senegalese writer. She was born in Niodior on the island of the same name in the Sine-Saloum Delta. At the age of 13 she moved to Dakar to continue her education, supporting herself by working as a housekeeper. She married a Frenchman and moved to France in 1994. She later divorced. Fatou Diome currently lives in Strasbourg and works on her Ph.D. in French language and literature.

Fatou Diome published a collection of short stories in 2001. Her first novel, The Belly of the Atlantic (French: Le Ventre de l'Atlantique) became a bestseller in France. Her first novel is partly autobiographical and is about Salie, a Senegalese immigrant in Paris and her younger brother Madicke, who stayed behind. Salie has finally, after years of struggle arrived and settled in France. Her younger brother dreams of following her to France and to become a successfull football player. The Belly of the Atlantic was translated into English, German and Spanish. Her second novel Kétala was published in 2006 in France.

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"Kétala". Flammarion, March 10, 2006. ISBN 9782080689931
"Le Ventre de l’Atlantique". Anne Carrière, August 20, 2003. ISBN 9782843372384
"La Préférence nationale". Présence africaine , March 16, 2001. ISBN 9782708707221