Maryse Condé
Maryse Condé (born 1934) is a Guadeloupean, French language author of historical fiction, best known for her novel Segu (1984-1985). Maryse Condé was born at Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, the youngest of eight children. In 1953, her parents sent her to study at Lycée Fénelon and Sorbonne in Paris, where she majored in English. In 1959, she married Mamadou Condé, an African actor. After graduating, she taught in Guinea, Ghana, and Senegal. In 1981, she divorced, but the following year married Richard Philcox, English language translator of most of her novels.
Condé's novels explore racial, gender, and cultural issues in a variety of historical eras and locales, including the Salem witch trials in I, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem (1982) and the 19th century Bambara Empire of Mali in Segu.
Bibliography
- Heremakhonon (1976)
- Segu (1987)
- A Season in Rihata (1988)
- The Children of Segu (1989)
- Tree of Life (1992)
- I, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem (1992)
- Crossing the Mangrove (1995)
- The Last of the African Kings (1997)
- Windward Heights (1998)
- Desirada (1998)
- Who Slashed Celanire's Throat?: A Fantastical Tale (2004)
External links
- Biography
- Bibliography
- Biography and bibliography (CUNY - Ile en Ile website)fr:Maryse Condé