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Also known as Maryse Conde, Marise Condé, Mariz Kondé

French author from Guadeloupe

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Born
1934
Died
2024
Works
70

Top works

  • La bruja de Salem
  • Regards noirs
  • La vie sans fards
  • The Wondrous and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana
  • La belle Créole

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Belfast
Active from
2004-08-01

Discography

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Key facts

Born
Marise Liliane Appoline Boucolon , ( 1934-02-11 ) 11 February 1934, Pointe-à-Pitre , Guadeloupe , France
Died
2 April 2024 (2024-04-02) (aged 90), Apt, Vaucluse , France
Occupation
Novelist, critic, playwright, and academic
Language
French
Alma mater
Sorbonne Nouvelle
Notable works
Ségou (1984); The Gospel According to the New World (2023)
Notable awards
Grand prix littéraire de la Femme (1986) Prix de l'Académie française (1988) Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe (1997) Hurston/Wright Legacy Award New Academy Prize in Literature (2018)
Spouse
Mamadou Condé , Richard Philcox

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Pointe-à-Pitre
Place of death
Apt
Languages spoken
French
Native language
French
Field of work
education
Image
MaryseConde2006.jpg
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Maryse Condé
date of birth
1937-02-11
name in native language
Maryse Condé
date of death
2024-04-02
birth name
Marise Liliane Appolline Marcelle Boucolon
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Encyclopedic overview

Maryse Condé (née Marise Liliane Appoline Boucolon; 11 February 1934 – 2 April 2024) was a French novelist, critic, and playwright from the French Overseas department and region of Guadeloupe. She was also an academic, whose teaching career took her to West Africa and North America, as well as the Caribbean and Europe. As a writer, Condé is best known for her novel Ségou (1984–1985).

Condé's writings explore the African diaspora that resulted from slavery and colonialism in the Caribbean. Her novels, written in French, have been translated into English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese. She won various awards, such as the Grand Prix Littéraire de la Femme (1986), Prix de l'Académie française (1988), Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe (1997) and the New Academy Prize in Literature (2018) for her works. She was considered a strong contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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