Tanella Boni

(Suzanne) Tannella Boni (born 1954) is an Ivorian poet and novelist.

Born in Abidjan, Tanella Boni did her advanced studies in Toulouse, France, and the University of Paris. She became a professor of philosophy at the University of Abidjan, where she also writes poems, novels, short stories, criticism, and children's literature.
She served as President of the Writers' Association of Côte d'Ivoire from 1991 to 1997 and organized Abidjan's International Poetry Festival. In 2005, she received the Ahmadou Kourouma Prize for her novel Matins de couvre-feu.