| Sylviane Vayaboury | |
| Birth Date: | 1960 4, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Cayenne, French Guiana, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Writer |
Sylviane Vayaboury (born 20 April 1960)[1] is a French Guianese writer.
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,[2] and she was never able to build a substantial relationship with her parents, with whom she only reconnected later in their lives.[3]
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.[4] She continued to work as a teacher in France, receiving specialized training to assist children with disabilities.
Vayaboury began her writing career after the death of the adoptive grandparents who raised her.[5] She is the author of two novels: Rue Lallouette prolongée, published in 2006, and La Crique, published in 2009.[6] [7] Her first book, Rue Lallouette prolongée, is a semi-autobiographical work that traces a path between the Antilles, French Guiana, and France. She counts among her influences Aimé Césaire, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Maryse Condé.[8]