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The author Scholastique Mukasonga discusses “Cattle Praise Song,” her short story from this week’s issue of the magazine The New Yorker

The New Yorker : Cattle Praise Song and Q&A

News - Scholastique - November 6, 2018

The New Yorker published “Cattle Praise Song,” my short story from this week’s issue of the magazine. I also gave an interview for the The…

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World Literature Today review : The Barefoot Woman by Scholastique Mukasonga

World Literature Today review : The Barefoot Woman

Uncategorized - Scholastique - November 6, 2018

World Literature Today published a review by Andreea Gabudeanu about my new book ‘The Barefoot Woman‘, edited by Archipelago Books.

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Kirkus Reviews : The Barefoot Woman by Scholastique Mukasonga , Jordan Stump, Rwanda memoir

Kirkus Reviews : The Barefoot Woman

Reviews - Scholastique - October 10, 2018

Kirkus Reviews published a new review of my upcoming book ” The Barefoot Woman ” translated from French by Jordan Stump and edited Archipelago Books…

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The New York Review of Books : Fatal Beauty

Reviews - Scholastique - February 5, 2018

Journalist’s Julien Luca for The New York Review of Books wrote about my books “Cockroaches” and “Our Lady of the Nile” — Thanks to him…

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The New York Times : Around the World in Books

News - Scholastique - January 17, 2018

This week in the New York Times, Nicole Lamy offer a trip to her readers over the world with the literatury and propose a step…

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Biblibio review : Cockroaches

Reviews - Scholastique - August 23, 2017

You can read a new review by Meytal Radzinski of my book ‘Cockroaches‘ on Biblibio Blog.

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PEN Center USA, the West Coast center of PEN International, the world’s oldest international literary and human rights organization, is pleased to announce its 2017 Literary Awards finalists

Cockroaches has been named a PEN Center USA finalist!

Awards - Scholastique - August 11, 2017

I proud to announce that my book Cockroaches , trans. by Jordan Stump, has been named a PEN Center USA finalist!

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Kenyon review : Cockroaches by Scholastique Mukasonga - rwanda

Kenyon review : Coakroaches

Reviews - Scholastique - June 21, 2017

You can read a new review by Sebastian Sarti of my book ‘Cockroaches‘ on Kenyon review.

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Translationista – What I’m Reading

Reviews - Scholastique - March 21, 2017

You can read a review by Susan Bernofsky of my book ‘Cockroaches‘ on Translationista.

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Cockroaches finalist for The French-American Foundation Translation Prize

Awards - Scholastique - March 18, 2017

Cockroaches, translated by Jordan Stump and published by Archipelago Books, is finalist for The French-American Foundation Translation Prize 2017.

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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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