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Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo OBE FRSL FRSA (born 28 May 1959) is a British author and academic. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other jointly won the Booker Prize in 2019 alongside Margaret Atwood 's The Testaments, making her the first Black woman to win the Booker.
British writer Bernardine Evaristo is the author of ten books and numerous writings that span the genres of fiction, verse fiction, short fiction, non-fiction, poetry, essays, literary criticism, journalism, and radio and theatre drama. Bernardine’s novel Girl, Woman, Other won the Booker Prize 2019. She was the first black woman and black ...
Girl, Woman, Other. Booker Prize Winner 2019. Sunday Times Bestseller. One of Barack Obama’s 19 Top Books 2019. ‘It’s a triumphantly wide-ranging novel, told in a hybrid of prose and poetry…It’s also, to my mind, the strongest contender on the (Booker) shortlist.
Bernardine Evaristo is the Anglo-Nigerian award-winning author of several books of fiction and verse fiction that explore aspects of the African diaspora: past, present, real, imagined. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other won the Booker Prize in 2019. Her writing also spans short fiction, reviews, essays, drama and writing for BBC radio.
Feb 3, 2022 · How Bernardine Evaristo Conquered British Literature. In a new memoir, the writer describes how she was long excluded from the halls of literary power, and how she finally broke in. By Anna...
Critical perspective. During the 1990s Bernardine Evaristo emerged as one of Britain's most talented, innovative and successful contemporary writers. Born in London and of mixed European and African parentage, Evaristo' s background has proved an important resource within her fictional writing.
Nov 4, 2019 · [Bernardine Evaristo, the first black woman to win the Booker Prize, talks about her mission to write about the African diaspora.] The primary character is probably Amma, a black lesbian...
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