Maryse Condé

Maryse Condé (born February 11, 1937) is a French author. She is best known for her novel "Segu" (1984–85). She is a scholar of Francophone literature and Professor Emerita of French at Columbia University. 
She writes her novels in French and they have been translated into English. She has won "Le Grand Prix Litteraire de la Femme" (1986), "Le Prix de L’Académie Francaise" (1988), and the "New Academy Prize in Literature" (2018) for her works.