Regina Yaou

Regina Yaou (sometimes N'doufou) (10 July 1955 – 4 November 2017) was a writer from Ivory Coast.

Life and career Yaou was born in Dabou and raised by her aunt in a literary family, and wrote her first poems between the ages of twelve and fourteen. She attended the technical high school in Cocody, where in 1977 she participated in a literary contest organized by the publishing house Nouvelles éditions africaines; this led to the creation of her first work, a novella entitled La Citadine which has remained unpublished, but which won a prize in the contest. After leaving school she worked for a few years before returning to her studies in 1982; she attended the University of Tours and spent a year at the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Cocody. She has also lived in Akrou, in the Jacqueville Department.

Yaou completed her first novel, Lezou Marie ou les écueils de la vie, in 1977, presenting it to an editor in 1981 and publishing it in 1982.

Works

As Regina Yaou 1977: La Citadine, unpublished. 1982: Lezou Marie ou les écueils de la vie. Abidjan, Nouvelles Éditions africaines 1985: La Révolte d’Affiba. Abidjan, Nouvelles Éditions africaines 1988: Aihui Anka. Abidjan, Nouvelles Éditions africaines (republished 1999) 1997: Le Prix de la Révolte. Abidjan, Nouvelles éditions ivoiriennes 1998: Les Germes de la mort. Tome 1: Brah la villageoise. Abidjan, Nouvelles éditions ivoiriennes 2001: L’indésirable. Abidjan, Centre d'édition et de diffusion africaines (CEDA) 2005: Le glas de l’infortune. Abidjan, Nouvelles éditions ivoiriennes-CEDA 2009: Coup d’État. Abidjan, Nouvelles éditions ivoiriennes 2010: Dans l’antre du loup. Abidjan, Les Classique Ivoiriens 2012: Opération fournaise. Abidjan, Nouvelles éditions ivoiriennes-CEDA

Pseudonymous 1999: Symphonie et Lumière. Adoras, Nouvelles éditions ivoiriennes 1999: Cœurs rebelles. Adoras, Nouvelles éditions ivoiriennes 2000: La fille du lagon. Adoras, Nouvelles éditions ivoiriennes 2001: Les miraculés. Adoras, Nouvelles éditions ivoiriennes 2004: Le Contrat. Clair de Lune, Puci 2004: Tendres ennemis. Clair de Lune, Puci 2004: L’amour en exil. Clair de Lune, Puci 2004: Piège pour un cœur. Clair de Lune, Puci