Scholastique Mukasonga

Scholastique Mukasonga is, to me, one of those writers whose work feels less like literature and more like an act of remembrance. Born in Rwanda's former Gikongoro province and later writing in France, she turned unbearable history into prose of real beauty, earning the Prix Renaudot and the Simone de Beauvoir Prize along the way. What moves me is the moral weight of her project: refusing to let the lost be forgotten. Books like Our Lady of the Nile and The Barefoot Woman carry a responsibility most fiction never attempts. I hold deep admiration for the courage that kind of writing demands.

Name (English)

Scholastique Mukasonga

Name (Japanese)

ショラスティック・ムカソンガ

Reading

しょらすてぃっく・むかそんが

Born

December 20, 1956 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Monkey

Origin

Gikongoro Province, Rwanda

Occupation

writer

Awards & achievements

• Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
• 2011 Paul-Bourdarie prize
• 2012 Prix Renaudot
• 2012 Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma
• 2021 Simone de Beauvoir Prize

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.scholastiquemukasonga.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scholastiquemukaso/
• Xhttps://x.com/Mukasonga
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A0%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC

Tags

• Gikongoro Province
• writer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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