Bessora

French-Gabonese-Swiss writer · Gabon · On the map · Writers · Born 1968 · age 57

Bessora is a novelist and short story writer. After a career in international finance in Geneva, she studied anthropology and wrote her first novel. Since 1999 Bessora has published a book a year on average, mainly through the publishing group Gallimard. Her books have been translated into several languages.

Bessora is read about 5.5 times a day, in 4 languages.

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A life in dates

2024Prix Ahmadou-KouroumaAward2022Chevalier des Arts et des LettresAward2007Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noireAward2001Fénéon Prize for literatureAward1968Born17 December 1968

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Awards

Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma2024

Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres2022

Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire2007

Fénéon Prize for literature2001

About this person

Bessora has been awarded the Fénéon Prize in 2001 for her novel Ink Stains, and the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 2007 for her novel Pick Me Pretty Sirs, and the Swiss Literature Prize and Prix Kourouma for Vous, les ancêtres.

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Gabon