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Remembering Maryse Condé Thursday 5 December 4-7pm
Join us for a programme of events in commemoration of the life of Maryse Condé (1934-2024), the award-winning Guadeloupean writer who passed away earlier this year.
Winner of the Alternative Nobel prize in 2018 and considered among the most fêted and well-known contemporary writers working in the French language, Condé’s work is translated and read in multiple countries worldwide. As she herself wrote, ‘We live in a world where, already, frontiers have ceased to exist’. The programme will be multilingual with a focus on French, Creole and English, and has been organised by the Department of French in collaboration with the Memory, Commemoration and Uses of the Past research cluster. With thanks to the Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures (part of UCC Future Humanities Institute) and UCC Department of French for their support of this event.
4-6pm, ORB 1:24
‘Women in revolt: Maryse Condé writes the Caribbean’ by Dr Kate Hodgson
Followed by a workshop on the development of Caribbean Creoles led by Dr Isabelle Jouinot and refreshments.
6-7pm, Dora Allman room, the HUB
Concert by Guadeloupean acoustic artist Ines Khai. Her music has been described as an absorbing mix of Guadeloupean traditional music (Gwoka), soul, nu-jazz, blues and world music. Accompanied by readings from the work of Maryse Condé in English and French.