Adélaïde H. Edith Bignon Fassinou (born September 15, 1955, in Porto-Novo) is a Beninese writer and Benin's General Secretary for UNESCO. She has written four novels in French. Her married name is Allagbada. Publications Modukpè, le rêve brisé. Paris: L'Harmattan (Collection Encres Noires no 194), 2000. (130 pp.). . Novel. Yémi ou le miracle de l'amour. Cotonou (Bénin): Editions du Flamboyant, 2000 (142 pp.). . L'Oiseau messager. Cotonou: Editions Ruisseaux d'Afrique, 2002 (24 pp.). . Toute une vie ne suffirait pas pour en parler. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2002 (194 pp.). . Nouvelles. Enfant d'autrui, fille de personne. Cotonou: Editions du Flamboyant, 2003 (172 pp.). . Roman. Jeté en pâture. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2005 (228 pp.). . Roman. La petite fille des eaux. Bertoua/Cameroun: Editions Ndzé: 2006 (96 pp.). . Roman (co-written with 10 other writers). References 1955 births Living people 20th-century women writers 20th-century novelists 21st-century women writers 21st-century novelists Beninese women writers Beninese novelists Women novelists