[HIGHLIGHTS] Figure of French-speaking literature, Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé has died

Figure of French-speaking literature, Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé has died. Condé died in the night from Monday to Tuesday at Apt hospital (Vaucluse), where she passed away in her sleep.

Born in Pointe-à-Pitre on February 11, 1934, Marysecondé has addressed Africa, slavery and multiple black identities in around thirty books. She also taught for many years in the U.S., where she lived for a number of years.