Maryse Condé – The Johannesburg Review of Books

[The JRB Daily] ‘Celebrating the variety and diversity of literary production today’—2023 International Booker Prize longlist announced

March 14, 2023April 20, 2023Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment

The thirteen novels longlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize have been revealed, including Guadeloupian author Maryse Condé, described by…

Read an excerpt from What Is Africa to Me? by Guadeloupean author Maryse Condé, winner of the ‘alternative Nobel’ literature prize

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018The JRBLeave a Comment

A giant of black feminist writing and thought, Maryse Condé was recently awarded the New Academy Prize in Literature, a…

Maryse Condé receives The New Academy Prize in Literature, aka the ‘Alternative Nobel’

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018Efemia Chela1 Comment

On 12 October, Maryse Condé was announced as the winner of the New Academy Prize in Literature, an award created…