Hélène Kaziendé

Hélène Kaziende (* 15. August 1967 in Niamey ; also Hélène Kaziende-Djondo ) is a Nigerien writer.

Life

Hélène Kaziendé holds a Magistra Artium and a degree in journalism. She has lived in the Togolese capital Lomé since 1996 . There she teaches at the Kouvahey private school and works as a journalist.

Kaziendé writes in French . In 1991 her short story Le Déserteur won a literature competition by Radio Africa No. 1 . In her first novel, Aydia , published in 2006, she described the different lives of two African women. In 2011, her political novel Les fers de l'absence was published .

Works

• Le Déserteur . In: Kilomètre 30. Afrique: 30 ans d'indépendance . Sepia, Saint-Maur 1992.
• Aydia . L'Harmattan, Paris 2006. ISBN 2-296-01582-4 .
• Les fers de l'absence . L'Harmattan, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-296-55466-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hélène Kaziendé . L'Harmattan website, accessed May 17, 2012.
2. ^ Jean-Marie Volet: Hélène Kaziendé . The University of Western Australia website, published November 26, 1996, accessed May 17, 2012.
3. ↑ Le premier roman politique écrit par une Nigérienne est né! ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Afriquinfos, published September 21, 2011, accessed May 17, 2012.