| Intro | Senegalese writer |
| Was |
Film director |
| From |
Senegal |
| Type |
Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 27 March 1963, Dakar |
| Death |
8 October 2013, Dakar (aged 50 years)
|
| Star sign | Aries |
Khady Sylla (Dakar, March 27, 1963 – Dakar, October 8, 2013) was a Senegalese writer of two novels, short work, and film.
Life
Born in Dakar, she studied at the École Normale Supérieure where she became interested in a literary career. She later became one of a small number of African women film makers. Her An Open Window won a first film prize at the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film [1].
Works
- Novels
- Le Jeu de la Mer [The Game of the Sea]. Paris: L’Harmattan, 1992. ISBN 2-7384-1563-6
- Films
- An Open Window
- Les Bijoux-(1997), Short film
- Colobane Express (1999), docu-drama about the passengers of a Senegalese bus.
- Une fenêtre ouverte (2005), documentary short (52 min.)