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Maryse Condé

Novelist, critic, and playwright from Guadeloupe, best known for Ségou.

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Maryse Condé

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Maryse Condé was a French novelist, critic, and playwright from Guadeloupe.[1] The African diaspora, shaped by Caribbean slavery and colonialism, is a central theme in her work.[2]

Life and work

She began writing at an early age and before age 12 wrote a one-act play as a gift for her mother's birthday.[3] In 1958 she met Guinean actor Mamadou Condé at a rehearsal in Paris and married him that August.[4] She taught in Guinea, Ghana, and Senegal between 1960 and 1972.[5] In Guadeloupe, her mother and father were among the first Black teachers.[6]

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From 1953 to 1955 she studied at Lycée Fénelon, but was expelled after two years.[3] At the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris, she earned both her M.A. and Ph.D. in 1975.[7] At age 90, on 2 April 2024, Condé passed away in Apt, Vaucluse, France.[8]

What the cited sources add

A 2023 Guardian article states Condé was the oldest writer ever longlisted for the International Booker Prize at age 89.[9] The same article notes she dictated her nominated novel to her husband due to a degenerative neurological disorder.[9] The interview also notes Condé and Philcox share an email address.[10] For that prize, Condé and Philcox were the initial married author-translator duo to be longlisted.[9]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Maryse Condé" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Maryse Condé, femme de lettres guadeloupéenne, est morte à l'âge de 90 ans", 2 April 2024 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Maryse Condé" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rebecca Wolff, Interview: "Maryse Condé". , Bomb Magazine, Vol. 68, Summer 1999. Retrieved 27 April 2016.; "Maryse Condé Columbia French", french.columbia.edu; Rebecca Wolff, Interview: "Maryse Condé". , Bomb Magazine, Vol. 68, Summer 1999. Retrieved 27 April 2016.; Rebecca Wolff, Interview: "Maryse Condé". , Bomb Magazine, Vol. 68, Summer 1999. Retrieved 27 April 2016.; "Author Profile: Maryse Condé" . World Literature Today (September–December 2004), 78 (3/4), p. 27.; Rebecca Wolff, Interview: "Maryse Condé". , Bomb Magazine, Vol. 68, Su en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Maryse Condé" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Clark, "'I Have Made Peace With My Island': An Interview with Maryse Condé", Callaloo, 1989, p. 87–133 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Maryse Condé" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Clark, "'I Have Made Peace With My Island': An Interview with Maryse Condé", Callaloo, 1989, p. 87–133; Clark, "'I Have Made Peace With My Island': An Interview with Maryse Condé", Callaloo, 1989, p. 87–133 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Maryse Condé" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Maryse Condé Columbia French", french.columbia.edu; "Maryse Condé", Voices from the Gaps; Tepper, "Maryse Condé, at Home in the World", The New York Times, 6 March 2023 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Maryse Condé" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lewis, "No Silence: An Interview with Maryse Condé", Callaloo, Summer 1995, p. 543–550 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Maryse Condé" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Cain, "Maryse Condé, Guadeloupean 'grand storyteller' dies aged 90", The Guardian, 2 April 2024; "Maryse Condé Columbia French", french.columbia.edu; Rebecca Wolff, Interview: "Maryse Condé". , Bomb Magazine, Vol. 68, Summer 1999. Retrieved 27 April 2016.; "Maryse Condé Columbia French", french.columbia.edu; "Curriculum Vitae Maryse Condé"; "Maryse Condé", Voices from the Gaps (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Maryse Condé" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Mort de Maryse Condé, grande dame de la littérature et de la pensée anticoloniale – L'Humanité", humanite.fr, 3 September 2021; Marivat, "L'écrivaine guadeloupéenne Maryse Condé est morte", Le Monde.fr, 2 April 2024 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Shaffi, "International Booker prize announces longlist to celebrate 'ambition and panache'", The Guardian, 14 March 2023. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
  10. "Conversing on Paper: Richard Philcox on the Living Art of Translation – Asymptote Blog". facts only, no text reused. asymptotejournal.com

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