What is Scholastique Mukasonga?
'''Scholastique Mukasonga''' (born 1956) is a [[France|French]]-[[Rwanda|Rwandan]] author. She was born in the former [[Gikongoro]] province of Rwanda. She is a [[Tutsi]] and was deported to a refugee camp when she was 4 years old. In 1973 she escaped to [[Burundi]]. She came to France in 1992 and was a [[Social work|social worker]] for the students of the [[University of Caen.]] In 1994, 37 members of her family were killed during the [[Rwandan genocide]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Okoth|first=Kevin|date=2023-12-14|title=Paper Grave|language=en|volume=45|work=London Review of Books|issue=24|url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n24/kevin-okoth/paper-grave|access-date=2023-12-11|issn=0260-9592}}</ref> In 2012, She won the [[prix Renaudot]] and the [[prix Ahmadou-Kourouma]] for her book ''Our Lady of the Nile.'' She was a finalist for the [[International Dublin Literary Award]] and the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' Book Prize. In 2014 she won the [[Seligmann Prize]] against racism and intolerance and in 2015 the prize Société des gens de lettres. She lives in [[Normandy]], France.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-11-08|title=Scholastique Mukasonga, la pharaonne noire du Calvados|url=https://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/romans/20120410.OBS5808/scholastique-mukasonga-la-pharaonne-noire-du-calvados.html|access-date=2023-12-11|website=Bibliobs|language=fr}}</ref> == Novels == * 2012: ''Notre-Dame du Nil'', Éditions Gallimard, {{ISBN|978-2286096137}} ** 2012: Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma, Prix Renaudot ** 2014: English translation by Melanie Mauthier, ''Our Lady of the Nile'' (Archipelago Books), {{ISBN|9780914671039}} ** 2022: Shortlisted for Republic of Consciousness Prize * 2016: ''Cœur tambour'' (novel) * 2020: ''Kibogo est monté au ciel'' ** 2022: English translation by Mark Polizzotti, ''Kibogo'' (Archipelago Books). == Short stories == * 2014: ''Ce que murmurent les collines [fr]'' (stories) == Memoirs == * 2006: ''Inyenzi ou les cafards'' (memoir), Gallimard ** 2016: English translation by Jordan Stump, ''Cockroaches'' (Archipela