Interview Danielle Gonai

1- Hello Danielle, thank you for having us. How about we start with the introductions?

 

Hello, I am the author Danielle Gonaï, Ivorian and residing in Côte d’Ivoire. I present myself as a passionate without expertise guided by the desire to free myself by writing. I am also a literary promoter and for eight years I was part of the organizing unit of the Ivorian festival of poetic creation among young people. I am the author of 3 books including two novels and a collection of poetry.

 

2- How long have you been writing and where does this desire, this passion for writing come from?

 

I’ve been writing since college in hundred-page notebooks. I had many stories that I lost over the moves.

Writing, however, is not my primary passion. Learning and constant discovery is my favorite pastime. And this since my childhood. My father just chose the book as a means of learning because besides that, I tried my hand at drawing, singing. Through my father therefore, the book, the letters dominated. Subsequently, encountering expressive things in works created a trigger in me. And this click is an overflowing imagination. An open door to a fantastic world. Writing is the result of my first passion which is reading.

 

3- Found Guilty. This is the name of your recent work. An atypical style, not common in the African literary universe. Where did your inspiration come from?

 

From my reading of course. I was inspired by my reading of detective stories written by American authors. And this project started since I was a high school student. It’s a challenge for me. That of getting out of my comfort zone as romantic writers to embrace another genre.

 

4- How do you judge the feedback on your work? Rather well received?

 

This book, to date has had so many interpretations, from the most likely to the most unlikely. The readers are simply brilliant in their capacity for interpretation and questioning. It keeps coming back to me that it’s hard to stop when you open it. This touches me enormously because there is nothing more difficult to live with than a boring read.

 

5- What’s next? Another book in sight? If so, when?

 

Honestly I’m exhausted. However, I am only at the beginning of my career. (laughs)

I have projects in progress but I reserve the right to be able to work them correctly and better than the present. And it will certainly take me some time. Maybe 2 years.

 

6- Your final word?

 

My sincere thanks to Libula, it is a pleasure for me to be on your literary promotion site today.

 

Thanks for playing the game.