Prix Renaudot (Prix Théophraste-Renaudot)
1 appearances
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Edition 87 (2012) Winner
Scholastique Mukasonga
スコラスティク・ムカソンガ
Sukorasutiku Mukason'ga
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1956 （Gikongoro Province, Rwanda）
- Nationality
- Rwandan, French
- Languages
- French, Kinyarwanda
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Rwanda (Gikongoro Province) → Rwanda (Bugesera District, Nyamata) → Burundi → France (Normandy)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Social worker
- Active Years
- 2006-2024
- Affiliations
- UNICEF (Burundi), Social worker for University of Caen students, Union départementale des associations familiales de Calvados
- Memberships
- Jury member of Prix Deauville Littérature et Musique, Royal Society of Literature International Writer
- Nominations
- International Dublin Literary Award finalist (Our Lady of the Nile), National Book Award for Translated Literature finalist (The Barefoot Woman), National Book Award for Translated Literature finalist (Kibogo)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée Notre-Dame-de-Citeaux | — | Secondary education | 高校卒業相当 | 1960年代後半 | Rwanda |
| Social worker school in Butare | — | Social work | 社会福祉士資格 | 1970年代初頭 | Rwanda |
| Social worker school in Burundi | — | Social work | 社会福祉士ディプロマ | 1973-1974 | Burundi |
Lycée Notre-Dame-de-Citeaux
Secondary education
Degree:
高校卒業相当
Period:
1960年代後半
Year of Graduation:
1972
Country:
Rwanda
In Kigali, attended as Tutsi student
Social worker school in Butare
Social work
Degree:
社会福祉士資格
Period:
1970年代初頭
Year of Graduation:
1973
Country:
Rwanda
Expelled in 1973 as Tutsi
Social worker school in Burundi
Social work
Degree:
社会福祉士ディプロマ
Period:
1973-1974
Year of Graduation:
1974
Country:
Burundi
Completed in exile
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Prix Renaudot | Our Lady of the Nile | — | Prix Renaudot jury | winner |
| 2012 | Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma | Our Lady of the Nile | — | — | winner |
| 2014 | Seligmann Prize | — | — | Chancellerie des universités de Paris | winner |
| 2015 | Société des gens de lettres prize | Ce que murmurent les collines | 短編小説部門 | Société des gens de lettres | winner |
| 2021 | Simone de Beauvoir Prize | — | — | — | winner |
Prix Renaudot
2012
Work:
Our Lady of the Nile
Organization:
Prix Renaudot jury
Result:
winner
Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma
2012
Work:
Our Lady of the Nile
Result:
winner
Seligmann Prize
2014
Organization:
Chancellerie des universités de Paris
Result:
winner
Société des gens de lettres prize
2015
Work:
Ce que murmurent les collines
Category:
短編小説部門
Organization:
Société des gens de lettres
Result:
winner
Simone de Beauvoir Prize
2021
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
National Book Award for Translated Literature
2 appearances
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Edition 2 (2019) Nominee
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Edition 5 (2022) Nominee
Works
Major Works
Our Lady of the Nile
2012 NovelSet in an elite Rwandan girls' school, it depicts ethnic tensions between Tutsi and Hutu foreshadowing the genocide.
Tutsi persecutionEthnic conflictGenocide
Adaptations
- [Film] Our Lady of the Nile / Atiq Rahimi (2022)
Translations
- Trans. Melanie Mauthner
Bibliography
- Inyenzi ou les Cafards / Cockroaches
- La Femme aux pieds nus / The Barefoot Woman
- L'Iguifou / Igifu
- Notre-Dame du Nil / Our Lady of the Nile
- Ce que murmurent les collines
- Cœur tambour / Pounding Heart
- Un si beau diplome !
- Kibogo est monté au ciel / Kibogo
- Sister Deborah
- Julienne
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Poetic proseBlend of memoir and fictionInfluence of oral traditions
- Recurring Motifs
- Memory of motherRwandan traditionsShadow of genocideExile and identity
Legacy
French-Rwandan author of Tutsi origin. Lost family in Rwandan genocide, transforms memory and traditions into literature. Gained international acclaim with Prix Renaudot.
Trivia
- 37 family members killed in 1994 Rwandan genocide
- Tutsi who experienced persecution in childhood
- Worked as social worker for UNICEF and in France