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Frau auf bloBen FüBen by Scholastique Mukasonga - Peter Hammer Verlag novel Rwanda genocide tutsi 1994

In Store Now : Frau auf bloBen FüBen – Peter Hammer Verlag

Books, News - Scholastique - March 15, 2022

Really glad to share with you a new translated book for “Frau auf bloBen FüBen” translated from french “La Femme aux pieds nus” out 8…

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In Store Now : Our Lady of Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga – Jacana Media publisher South Africa, Rwanda genocide tutsi

In Store Now : Our Lady of Nile – Jacana Media

Books - Scholastique - March 14, 2022

I’m very pleased to announce you that my novel “Our Lady of the Nile” translated from the french by Melanie Mauthner will be released this…

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Roger Williams University Library and Scholars at Risk-US invite me for a conversation with Dr. Timothy Longman about Looking back at Rwanda.

Roger Williams University Library and Scholars at Risk-US : conversion with Dr. Timothy Longman.

Events - Scholastique - October 27, 2021

On 28 oct. 2021 at 4 PM EST , Roger Williams University Library and Scholars at Risk-US invite me for a conversation with Dr. Timothy…

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Edinburgh International Book Festival - Scholastique Mukasonga: Reclaiming Rwanda’s Stories

Edinburgh International Book Festival – online event on 20 August at 2.15pm (BST)

Events, News - Scholastique - August 18, 2021

Edinburgh International Book Festival invite me for a conversation with Ellah Wakatama, Editor-at-Large at Canongate Books, to talk about Our Lady of the Nile and…

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The Telegraph :"Our Lady of The Nile"among The best novels of 2021

The Telegraph :”Our Lady of The Nile”among the best novels of 2021

News, Reviews, Uncategorized - Scholastique - July 6, 2021

Thanks to The Telegraph to have selected my novel “Our Lady of the Nil” among The best novels of 2021 so far” Read the whole…

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Financial Times : Summer books of 2021: Fiction in translation

Financial Times : Summer books of 2021: Fiction in translation

News, Reviews - Scholastique - July 6, 2021

Thanks to Ángel Guirra-Quintana, journalist for the Financial Times, for selected my novel “Our Lady of the Nil” amont their “Summer books of 2021: Fiction…

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Wasafiri share Online Events “Writing and Human Rights” 2021

Wasafiri share Online Events “Writing and Human Rights”

Events - Scholastique - May 17, 2021

Discover the Wasafiri festival, a new series of free digital events, Transformative Testimonies: Writing and Human Rights, taking place 17 – 23 May, 2021. All events are free…

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Pittsburgh International Literary Festival 2021 2021

Pittsburgh International Literary Festival 2021

Events - Scholastique - May 13, 2021

Rwandan author Scholastique Mukasonga and world literature professor Jeanne-Marie Jackson will talk about literature and translation at the Pittsburgh International Literary Festival.  The event is…

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You can read a new review of John Self  from The Observer for my novel "Our Lady Of nile" (translated by Melanie Mauthner). Rwanda memoir tutsi genocide

The Observer Review: Our Lady of Nile

News, Reviews - Scholastique - March 23, 2021

You can read a new great review of John Self  from The Observer for my novel “Our Lady Of nile” (translated by Melanie Mauthner). My…

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Lucy Scholes with The Telegraph Books for reviewed my novel "Our Lady of the Nil"(translated by Melanie Mauthner). My book is out now on Daunt Books my publisher in UK.

The Telegraph Books : Our Lady of Nile Review

News, Reviews - Scholastique - March 22, 2021

Thanks to Lucy Scholes with The Telegraph Books for reviewed my novel “Our Lady of the Nile”(translated by Melanie Mauthner). My book is out now…

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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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