Jean-Marie Adiaffi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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writer and filmmaker
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1941
Place of Birth: Bettié, Ivory Coast
Date of Death: 15-Nov-1999
Profession: poet, film director
Nationality: Ivory Coast
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Jean-Marie Adiaffi
- Jean-Marie Adé Adiaffi or Jean-Marie Adiaffi (1 January 1941 – 15 November 1999) was a writer, screenwriter, filmmaker and Ivorian critic.
- He studied film at Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) and philosophy at the Sorbonne, before teaching in his home country.
- He published his first collection of poems, "Yalé Sonan" in 1969.
- His novel "La carte d'identité" (The identity card, 1980), reflection on African postcolonial cultural alienation, receives the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire.
- Next, came "D'éclairs et de foudre" (lightning and thunder, 1980) and "La Galerie infernale" (1984), "Silence, on développe" (1992).
- Committed in the modernization of African religions, he is the creator of "Bossonisme", a neologism designating a genius which is worshiped.
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