Guadeloupean author Maryse Condé’s contribution to francophone Caribbean writing and to postcolonial thought and literature in general is enormous. Her famously defended stance of independence in relation to trends in intellectual thought and her irreverence towards received ideas stands alongside a literary œuvre distinguished by its great variety of settings, genres and styles. She is particularly recognized for challenging stereotypes of gender, race and class in colonial and postcolonial contexts by refusing narrow and fixed categorizations, themes which are presented in her books with an unflinching, original eye. Over a career that spanned more than forty years, Condé has come to be regarded as one of the most important authors in contemporary francophone literature.
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Citation: Porter, Laurence M., Bonnie Thomas. "Maryse Condé". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 23 March 2011; last revised 18 April 2024. [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5580, accessed 22 November 2024.]
