Maryse boucolon biography

Maryse Condé. Maryse Condé (née Boucolon; February 11, 1937) is a French (Guadeloupean) author of historical fiction, best known for her novel Segu (1984–85). In addition, she is a scholar of Francophone literature and Professor Emerita of French at Columbia University.

In August 1959 she married Mamadou Condé. They eventually had four children together. By November 1959 the couple's relationship became strained, and Condé moved to the Ivory Coast, where she would teach for a year.

Condé's father, Auguste Boucolon had two sons from his first marriage, Serge and Albert. Condé's three sisters are named Ena, Jeanne and Gillette. Her four brothers are named Auguste, Jean, René, and Guy. Condé's birth 11 years after Guy, made her the youngest of the eight children. Condé was born while her mother was 43, and her father was 63.

By November 1959 the couple's relationship became strained, and Condé moved to the Ivory Coast, where she would teach for a year. During Condé's returns for the holidays she became politically conscious through a group of Marxist friends. Condé's marxist friends would influence her to move to Ghana.