Adelaide Fassinou’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Beninese writer
Is Writer
Novelist
From Benin
Type Literature
Gender female
Birth

15 September 1955

Age 65 years

Adelaide H. Edith Bignon Fassinou (born September 15, 1955 in Porto-Novo) is a Beninese writer and Benin’s General Secretary for UNESCO. She has written four novels in French. Her married name is Allagbada.

Publications

  • Modukpè, le rêve brisé. Paris: L’Harmattan (Collection Encres Noires no 194), 2000. (130 pp.). ISBN 978-2-7384-9091-9. Novel.
  • Yémi ou le miracle de l’amour. Cotonou (Bénin): Editions du Flamboyant, 2000 (142 pp.). ISBN 99919-41-04-5.
  • L’Oiseau messager. Cotonou: Editions Ruisseaux d’Afrique, 2002 (24 pp.). ISBN 99919-972-3-7.
  • Toute une vie ne suffirait pas pour en parler. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2002 (194 pp.). ISBN 2-7475-3344-1. Nouvelles.
  • Enfant d’autrui, fille de personne. Cotonou: Editions du Flamboyant, 2003 (172 pp.). ISBN 99919-41-39-8. Roman.
  • Jeté en pâture. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2005 (228 pp.). ISBN 2-7475-8718-5. Roman.
  • La petite fille des eaux. Bertoua/Cameroun: Editions Ndzé: 2006 (96 pp.). ISBN 2-911464-12-5. Roman (co-written with 10 other writers).
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