Maryse Condé was a Guadeloupean author of historical fiction, best known for her novels *Segu & Moi, Tituba, Sorcière... Noire de Salem*. She was born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, 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, a Guinean 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.
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Fiction, Caribbean area, fiction, Fiction, general, Guadeloupe Authors, Africa, fiction, History, History and criticism, Biography, Authors, french, Black people, Fiction, historical, general, Social conditions, West indies, fiction, 843, Authors, biography, Authors, caribbean, Blacks, Caribbean fiction (French), Congresses, Criticism and interpretation, Drama, Fiction, family life, general, Fiction, historical, French fiction, Guadeloupe fiction (French)Places
Guadeloupe, French West Indies, Caribbean Area, Haiti, Martinique, Ségou (Mali : Région), Africa, Barbados, Cape Town (South Africa), Lesser Antilles, Massachusetts, Pointe-a-Pitre (Guadeloupe), Salem, Salem (Mass.), Segou (Mali : Region), Ségou (Mali : Region)Time
20th century, 21st century, 19th century, 20e siècle, 18e siècle, 18th century, 19e siècle, Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775ID Numbers
- OLID: OL27460A
- ISNI: 000000012279820X
- IMDb: nm2268887
- Library of Congress Names: n82093877
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV076007
- VIAF: 51687663
- Wikidata: Q464371
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q464371
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- ماريز كوندي
- 玛丽斯·孔戴
- M. Conde
- Conde Maryse
- Maryse Conde
- Maryse Condé
- Marise Liliane Appoline Boucolon
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