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- Title
‘J'ai toujours été une personne un peu à part’: questions à Maryse Condé.
- Authors
Hardwick, Louise
- Abstract
This interview concentrates upon Maryse Condé's literary works since the mid-1980s. Referring to Le Cœur à rire et à pleurer (1999), Condé explains her approach to writing accounts of childhood. Parallels are uncovered between the novels Traversée de la Mangrove (1989) and La Belle Créole (1999) and the author speaks of her complex links to her country, as well as discussing her position in relation to other francophone Caribbean authors and their literary theories. In addition, Condé's life in London in the late 1960s is described. The interview also probes the relationship between author and printed text and reveals Condé's conception of the Prix des Amériques insulaires et de la Guyane, a literary prize she co-created in 1999. Finally, the author's projects for the future are outlined.
- Subjects
CONDE, Maryse, 1937-; FRENCH-speaking Caribbean; CARIBBEAN women authors; LE coeur a rire et a pleurer (Book); TRAVERSEE de la Mangrove (Book); LA Belle Creole (Book)
- Publication
International Journal of Francophone Studies, 2006, Vol 9, Issue 1, p111
- ISSN
1368-2679
- Publication type
Interview
- DOI
10.1386/ijfs.9.1.111/7