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THE BAREFOOT WOMAN on the Baillie Gifford Prize longlist for non-fiction 2022

Awards, News - Scholastique - September 24, 2022

THE BAREFOOT WOMAN on the Baillie Gifford Prize longlist for non-fiction 2022 - Scholastique Mukasonga rwanda genocide memoir

Dears readers, I’m delighted to announce you that my book The Barefoot Woman, published by Daunt Books and translated by Jordan Stump, has been longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize longlist for non-fiction 2022.

The Baillie Gifford Prize rewards excellence in non-fiction writing, bringing the best in intelligent reflection on the world to new readers. It covers all non-fiction in the areas of current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography, autobiography and the arts.
Discover The 2022 longlist here

The shortlist will be announced on 10 October and the winner of the 2022 prize will be announced on 17 November. 

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Scholastique Mukasonga is a Rwandan author living in France. She was born in Gikongoro Province in 1956. Mukasonga left Rwanda before the Rwandan genocide, which killed 37 members of her family, her mother being one of them.

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