Fatou Diome

Fatou Diome
Fatou Diome (2019)
Born1968 (age 57–58)
Niodior, Senegal
OccupationNovelist, short story writer, essayist
NationalitySenegalese, French
Period2001–present
GenreLiterary fiction

Fatou Diome (born 1968 in Niodior) is a French-Senegalese writer known for her best-selling novel The Belly of the Atlantic, which was published in 2003. Her work explores immigrant life in France, and the relationship between France and Africa. Fatou Diome lives in Strasbourg, France.