Tanella Boni

(Suzanne) Tannella Boni (born 1954) is an Ivorian poet and novelist.

Tanella Boni - book fair in Geneva 2012

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.

Bibliography

• 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'Harmattan, 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
• Que vivent les femmes d'Afrique (essay) Paris: Editions Panama, 2008

External links

• Tanella Boni official website
• Bio-bibliography at "Lire les femmes et les littératures africaines" (in French)
• Review of the novel Matins de couvre-feu (in English)