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2020 Zaharoff Lecture scholastique Mukasonga - University of Oxford

The University of Oxford : 2020 Zaharoff Lecture

Events, News - Scholastique - November 9, 2020

The University of Oxford is delighted to announce that Scholastique Mukasonga will be giving the annual Zaharoff Lecture (in French) on 11 November 2020. I…

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Belfast International Arts Festival -festival- Conversation with Scholastique Mukasonga and Nina Bouraoui

Belfast International Arts Festival : Scholastique Mukasonga and Nina Bouraoui

Events, News - Scholastique - November 1, 2020

You can watch now on video my conversation with Nina Bouraoui to talk about our work and inspiration in this event. Belfast International Arts Festival…

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The White Rewiew issue 29 feat Scholastique Mukasonga

The White Review : my interview realised by Julian Lucas

News - Scholastique - October 28, 2020

You can discover my interview realised by Julian Lucas on latest issue of The White Review. Buy The White Review No. 29 featured interviews with…

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The New England Review published a new translation story “The Wood of the Cross”, translated by Melanie Mauthner

The New England Review : “The Wood of the Cross”

News - Scholastique - October 28, 2020

The New England Review published a new translation story “The Wood of the Cross”, translated by Melanie Mauthner , taken from my collection of short…

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Igifu

Books - Scholastique - September 12, 2020

I’m delighted to announce you that my book “Igifu” translated from french “L’Iguifou. Nouvelles rwandaises” by Jordan Stump out 9/15 on Archipelago Books, the third…

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Scholastique Mukasonga interviewed by the Institute Français at the Beyond Words French Literature Festiva - Rwanda

Institute Français : Brave Girls From Rwanda

Videos - Scholastique - September 11, 2020

You can watch my interview by the Institute Français at the Beyond Words French Literature Festival in May. I talk about my first novel, Our Lady…

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Igifu on Publishers Weekly 's Big Indie Books of Fall 2020 list. Scholastique Mukasonga

Igifu on Publishers Weekly ‘s Big Indie Books of Fall 2020 list.

Reviews - Scholastique - September 10, 2020

My upcoming new Book Igifu was selected on Publishers Weekly ‘s Big Indie Books of Fall 2020 list. Igifu translated from the French by Jordan…

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Pen Transmission To close our series on exile with the British Museum and Edmund de Waal, Scholastique Mukasonga writes a personal experience of exile as a Rwandan Tutsi

PEN Transmissions : Exils

News - Scholastique - June 29, 2020

I wrote an essay “Exils”, a personal experience of exile as a Rwandan Tutsi, for the series on exile published by PEN Transmissions with the…

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OUR LADY OF THE NILE win The Crystal Bear for the Best Film at Berlinale 2020

OUR LADY OF THE NILE win The Crystal Bear for the Best Film at Berlinale 2020

Awards - Scholastique - February 29, 2020

Our Lady of the Nile (Notre-Dame du Nil) by Atiq Rahimi was awarded the Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation 14plus at the…

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Our Lady of Nile film directed by Atiq Rahim from Scholastique Mukasonga's novel

Our Lady of Nile film – Trailer

News - Scholastique - December 19, 2019

Watch the trailer for the film Notre-Dame du Nil directed by Atiq Rahimi from my eponymous novel. It will be released in cinema in France…

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