Sylviane Vayaboury

Sylviane Vayaboury (born 20 April 1960) 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, and she was never able to build a substantial relationship with her parents, with whom she only reconnected later in their lives.

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. She continued to work as a teacher in France, receiving specialized training to assist children with disabilities. She is the author of two novels: Rue Lallouette prolongée, published in 2006, and La Crique, published in 2009. Her first book, Rue Lallouette prolongée, is a semi-autobiographical work that traces a path between the Antilles, French Guiana, and France.

Works

Rue Lallouette prolongée (2006) La Crique (2009)