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Maryse Condé

1937 - 2024

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Maryse Condé (née Marise Liliane Appoline Boucolon; 11 February 1934 – 2 April 2024) was a French novelist, critic, and playwright from the French Overseas department and region of Guadeloupe. She was also an academic, whose teaching career took her to West Africa and North America, as well as the Caribbean and Europe. As a writer, Condé is best known for her novel Ségou (1984–1985). Condé's writings explore the African diaspora that resulted from slavery and colonialism in the Caribbean. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maryse Condé is the 1,430th most popular writer (up from 1,454th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Guadeloupe and the 2nd most popular Guadeloupian Writer.

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Among writers, Maryse Condé ranks 1,430 out of 7,302. Before her are Joachim Fest, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Callinus, Poul Anderson, Philippe Soupault, and Sanu Sharma. After her are Mendele Mocher Sforim, Ruth Rendell, Samuel ibn Naghrillah, Vivant Denon, Rainis, and Gunnar Gunnarsson.

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Among people born in 1937, Maryse Condé ranks 91. Before her are Thomas Nagel, Valentin Pavlov, Yoshirō Mori, Tamara Bunke, Tamara Press, and Song Hye-rim. After her are Dragoslav Šekularac, George Takei, Keizō Obuchi, Ronald Venetiaan, Eugen Doga, and Jerry Reed. Among people deceased in 2024, Maryse Condé ranks 105. Before her are Hage Geingob, Dries van Agt, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Bob Newhart, Sérgio Mendes, and Brigitte Bierlein. After her are Roger Corman, Jerzy Stuhr, Zvi Zamir, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Jack Jones, and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa.

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In Guadeloupe

Among people born in Guadeloupe, Maryse Condé ranks 4 out of 32. Before her are Saint-John Perse (1887), Lilian Thuram (1972), and Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745). After her are Marius Trésor (1950), Jacques François Dugommier (1738), Jocelyn Angloma (1965), Marie-José Pérec (1968), Firmine Richard (1947), Teddy Riner (1989), Christine Arron (1973), and Thomas Lemar (1995).

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Among WRITERS In Guadeloupe

Among writers born in Guadeloupe, Maryse Condé ranks 2. Before her are Saint-John Perse (1887).

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