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Profile: Maryse Condé, at Home in the World — Throughout her four-decade literary career, the Guadeloupean writer has explored a global vision of the Black diaspora, and placed Caribbean life at th...

Profile: Maryse Condé, at Home in the World — Throughout her four-decade literary career, the Guadeloupean writer has explored a global vision of the Black diaspora, and placed Caribbean life at th... | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
Maryse Condé has called writing a “force she can’t resist.” At 86, she still feels its powerful compulsion. Credit: Violette Franchi for The New York Times
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Obituary: Maryse Condé, ‘Grande Dame’ of Francophone Literature, Dies at 90

Obituary: Maryse Condé, ‘Grande Dame’ of Francophone Literature, Dies at 90 | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
She explored the history and culture of Africa, the West Indies and Europe in work that made her a perennial favorite for the Nobel Prize.
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