Fatou Diome

Fatou Diome (2015)
Born1968
Niodior, Senegal
OccupationNovelist, short story writer
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 2001. Her work explores immigrant life in France, and the relationship between France and Africa. Fatou Diome lives in Strasbourg, France.