Senegalese writer
Khady Sylla |
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Born | March 27 1963
Dakar |
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Died | October 28 2013
Dakar |
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Nationality | Senegalese |
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Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
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Occupation | Writer . filmmaker |
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Notable work | Une fenêtre ouverte |
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Relatives | Mariama Sylla |
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Khady Sylla (Dakar, March 27, 1963 – Dakar, October 8, 2013) was a Senegalese writer of two novels, short work, and filmmaker.[1]
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]. She was one of several Senegalese filmmakers mentored by French ethnologist Jean Rouch.[1] She was the older sister of the filmmaker Mariama Sylla, with whom she co-directed the film Une simple parole.[2]
Works
- Novels
- Films
- 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.)
- Une simple parole (2014)
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