Maryse Condé: Author who won 'alternative Nobel Literature Prize' dies at 90 - BBC News

The acclaimed author won an award set up in place of the scandal-hit Nobel Literature Prize in 2018.

3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsNobel PrizeImage source, Getty ImagesBy Ian YoungsEntertainment & arts reporterGuadeloupe-born author Maryse Condé, who was renowned for epic novels tackling the legacy of slavery and colonialism in Africa and the Caribbean, has died at the age of 90.

One of the most celebrated voices in the French-speaking world, Condé's works included 1984's Segu and 1986's I, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem.

She also wrote plays and non-fiction.

In 2018, she won an award set up in place of the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was engulfed in scandal.

Condé was the first and remains the only winner of the New Academy Prize in Literature, whose judges praised the way she "describes the ravages of colonialism and post-colonial chaos in a language which is both precise and overwhelming".

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