Author Biography

ASSEM Mawuto Koffivi was born on 25 January 1980 in Lomé. He holds a degree in modern literature. He has participated in several competitions and training workshops in writing children's literature, short stories, journalistic articles, fiction scripts, documentaries, animation film direction, management of the website of a publishing house ... He entered the world of children's literature through his rewritings of tales. Under his pen, "Snow White" and "Sleeping Beauty" gave birth to "Rose-Fleur" in 2003 and "La Belle ensorcelée" in 2005. Her passion for writing workshops led her to train in this field and to run workshops in Togo and Benin, especially for children. After having collaborated with several children's magazines within the Togolese association of authors and illustrators of children's books, he created AGO Média with FOLLY-NOTSRON Magloire Adrien and intervenes as a trainer in the creation of comics in several schools and with international organizations within the framework of various projects in Togo and Benin. He has also published short stories; a children's album "Un intrus dans notre takyiènta" in 2008, comics such as "De fil en aiguille" in 2012 in the magazine Planètes Jeunes, "Haïti mon amour" in 2012, "Le bon, la bourse et le corrompu" and "Chroniques de Lomé" in 2013. Nominated for the literary prize of independence, he won the first prize of the France-Togo Association in 2005 and several grants from the National Book Centre in Paris.