| Birth Date: | 1971 |
| Death Place: | Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
| Employer: | Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny |
| Alma Mater: | Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny |
Fatou Fanny-Cissé (born Fatoumata Touré-Cissé; 1971 – 22 December 2018) was an Ivorian writer, journalist, and educator. A teacher at Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, she wrote several books such as Une femme, deux maris, Maeva and Madame la présidente.
Fatou Fanny-Cissé was born Fatoumata Touré-Cissé in the Ivory Coast in 1971,[1] [2] [3] She was educated at Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, where she obtained a master's degree in communication sciences and then a doctorate in modern letters,[4] before becoming a teacher and researcher in the same university. She also worked for as a press attaché and was a columnist for the magazine Planète Jeunes.[5] [6]
She started writing in 2000, and she wrote more than a dozen books during her career, including Une femme, deux maris, Maeva and Madame la présidente.[6] She published novels, short stories, sentimental works, and even children's literature.[7] She won the 2017 African Literature Association Book of the Year Award in Creative Writing for Madame la Présidente[8] and the 2018 Prix d'excellence with Les nuages du passé et Maeva[9] She also won the Prix du meilleur écrivain 2017 of the Association des Écrivains ivoiriens (AECI). Apo Philomène Séka noted that women's issues are a main theme of her works, as shown with the works' names. Ngozi Obiajulum Iloh characterises Madame la présidente as ecofeminist, saying "In this fantasy-coated novel, the mystical environment leads to a mystical solution".[2]
Fanny-Cissé died on 22 December 2018 in Abidjan following an illness.[7] Her latest book, De mère en fille, was published posthumously in 2019.