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Véronique Tadjo is a writer, illustrator and painter from Côte d’Ivoire. She earned a doctorate from the Sorbonne, Paris, in African American literature and civilization and went to Howard University on a Fulbright scholarship.

She was a lecturer at the English department of the University of Abidjan until 1993 when she took up writing full time.

She has traveled extensively and is currently based in Johannesburg.

Publications

 Latérite ( Paris : Hatier, 1984),  won the literary prize of the Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique in 1983, A Vol d’Oiseau and Le Royaume Aveugle ( both Paris: l’Harmattan, 1992), Champs de Bataille et d’Amour (Paris/Abidjan: Présence Africaine / Les Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, 1999, A mi-chemin, her second collection of poems (Paris : L’Harmattan, 2000) and L’ombre d’Imana, Voyages jusqu’au bout du Rwanda  (Paris : Actes Sud, Paris, 2000).

 As The Crow Flies (2001) and The Shadow of Imana, Travels in the heart of Rwanda (2002) are published by Heinemann in London.

She was a judge for The Caine Prize for African writing in 2000 and 2001 and has been a facilitator in its writing workshops.

She has written and illustrated several books for the youth.

She has done solo and group exhibitions of her paintings.

Her latest novel, Reine Pokou, is published by Actes Sud in Paris.

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