University of Orléans
Fabienne Kanor was born in Orléans, France on 7 August 1970. Her mother was a nursing assistant and her father worked in the French post and telegraph office. She obtained degrees in modern literature and sociolinguistics at the University of Orléans and Tours, and went on to study in Paris under Romuald Fonkoua. Her master's thesis was titled "La Problématique de la terre dans la littérature antillaise".