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Véronique Tadjo


Ivory Coast (b.1955)

Born in Paris, Véronique Tadjo is the daughter of an Ivorian civil servant and a French painter and sculptor. Brought up in Abidjan, she travelled widely with her family. Tadjo completed her BA degree at the University of Abidjan and her doctorate at the Sorbonne in African-American Literature and Civilization.
 

Awards: LA Times (2021)
 
Novels
   The Shadow of Imana (2002)
   The Blind Kingdom (2008)
   Queen Pokou (2009)
   Far from My Father (2014)
   In the Company of Men (2021)
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Collections
   As The Crow Flies (poems) (2001)
   Red Earth / Laterite (poems) (2006)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Amour (2019)
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Anthologies edited
   Talking Drums (2000)
   Chasing the Sun (2006)
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Awards
2021 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction : In the Company of Men

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