Sylviane Vayaboury

Sylviane Vayaboury
The writer Sylviane Vayaboury at the 2011 Paris Book Fair.
Born (1960-04-20) 20 April 1960 (age 64)
Cayenne, French Guiana, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationWriter

Sylviane Vayaboury (born 20 April 1960)[1] is a French Guianese writer.

Biography

Vayaboury was born in 1960 in Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana, to an Indo-Guadeloupean father and a Guianese mother. She was raised an aunt and uncle whom she considered her adoptive grandparents, growing up in Guadeloupe, and in Fort-de-France, Martinique, as well as in French Guiana,[2] and she was never able to build a substantial relationship with her parents, with whom she only reconnected later in their lives.[3]

After finishing secondary school in 1978, Vayaboury attended a normal school and became a teacher. She then moved to France, where she lived for 15 years until 2005, when she returned to French Guiana.[4] She continued to work as a teacher in France, receiving specialized training to assist children with disabilities.[3][2]

Vayaboury began her writing career after the death of the adoptive grandparents who raised her.[5] She is the author of two novels: Rue Lallouette prolongée, published in 2006, and La Crique, published in 2009.[6][7] Her first book, Rue Lallouette prolongée, is a semi-autobiographical work that traces a path between the Antilles, French Guiana, and France.[2] She counts among her influences Aimé Césaire, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Maryse Condé.[8]

Works

  • Rue Lallouette prolongée (2006)
  • La Crique (2009)

References

  1. ^ "Sylviane Vayaboury". Ile en Ile (in French). 7 December 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Sylviane Vayaboury". Île en île (in French). 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  3. ^ a b "Sylviane Vayaboury - Biographie, publications (livres, articles)". www.editions-harmattan.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  4. ^ "Sylviane Vayaboury". Le Figaro (in French). 1960. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  5. ^ "Sylviane Vayaboury, 5 Questions pour Île en île". Île en île (in French). 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  6. ^ Vayaboury, Sylviane. (2006). Rue Lallouette prolongée : roman. Impr. Corlet). Paris: L'Harmattan. ISBN 2-296-00795-3. OCLC 470453133.
  7. ^ Vayaboury, Sylviane. (2009). La crique : roman. Paris: Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-296-10556-0. OCLC 519249525.
  8. ^ "TV5MONDE : Sylviane Vayaboury". TV5MONDE. Retrieved 2020-09-17.