Marguerite Abouet

Marguerite Abouet

French-Ivorian screenwriter born in 1971 in Abidjan, Marguerite Abouet is the author of comic strips that offer an authentically African perspective on daily life. Her main work, Aya de Yopougon, awarded the first album prize at the Angoulême Festival in 2006, has achieved immense commercial success (over 350,000 albums sold) and has been translated into more than twenty languages.

Main Works

Series Artist(s) Publisher Volumes Period
Aya de Yopougon Clément Oubrerie Gallimard Bayou 8 2005–2023
Akissi (1 to 11) + Akissi de Paris Mathieu Sapin Gallimard Jeunesse 12+ 2010–2024
Bienvenue (1 to 3) Singeon Gallimard Jeunesse 3 2010–2014
Commissaire Kouamé (1 to 3) Donatien Mary Gallimard Jeunesse 3 2017–∞

Illustrated Works

Title Illustrator(s) Publisher Year
Aya et sa famille Clément Oubrerie Gallimard 2013
Terre gâtée – Ange, le migrant Christian De Metter Sarbacane 2018
Délices d’Afrique (cookbook) — Alternatives 2012
Essi dans la forêt des monstres (animated coloring book) Catherine Blancard-Parmentier Wakatoon 2017

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