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Maryse Condé

Born

in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe

February 11, 1934

Died

April 02, 2024

Genre

Historical Fiction

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Maryse Condé was a Guadeloupean, French language author of historical fiction, best known for her novel Segu. Maryse Condé was born as Maryse Boucolon 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 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.

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 and the 19th century ...more

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	I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem 4.05 avg rating — 12,489 ratings — published 1986 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crossing the Mangrove by Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 2,060 ratings — published 1989 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Segu (Ségou, #1) by Maryse Condé, Barbara Bray (Translator) 4.10 avg rating — 1,899 ratings — published 1984 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Corazón que ríe, corazón que llora by Maryse Condé, Martha Asunción Alonso (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 1,825 ratings — published 1999 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La deseada by Maryse Condé, Martha Asunción Alonso (Translator) 3.72 avg rating — 645 ratings — published 1997 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox (Translator) 3.02 avg rating — 781 ratings — published 2021 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waiting for the Waters to Rise by Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox (Translator) 3.44 avg rating — 632 ratings — published 2010 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La vida sin maquillaje by Maryse Condé, Martha Asunción Alonso (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 395 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wondrous and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana by Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Windward Heights by Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 358 ratings — published 1999 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ségou (2 books)
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“The truth always arrive too late because it walks slower than lies. Truth crawls at a snail's pace.”
― Maryse Condé, I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

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“Life is too kind to men, whatever their color.”
― Maryse Condé, I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

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“Everyone believes he can fashion a witch to his way of thinking so that she will satisfy his ambitions, dreams, and desires...”
― Maryse Condé, I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

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