{"id":56323,"date":"2024-04-17T11:55:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T09:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/?p=56323"},"modified":"2024-04-17T22:56:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T20:56:23","slug":"maryse-conde-est-partie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/maryse-conde-est-partie\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryse Cond\u00e9 has passed away"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00ab <\/span>La langue dans laquelle j’\u00e9cris n’est <\/span>pas<\/span> le fran\u00e7ais<\/span>,<\/span> n<\/span>\u2019est pas <\/span>le cr\u00e9ole, <\/span>je le dis souvent, c\u2019est une langue qui est la mienne, <\/span>j’\u00e9cris en Maryse Cond\u00e9<\/span> \u00bb<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, rappel<\/span>ait<\/span> autrefois <\/span>l’\u00e9crivaine <\/span>guadeloup\u00e9enne <\/span>avec un <\/span>rictus<\/span> provocateur. <\/span>D<\/span>isparue<\/span> le 2 avril 2024<\/span> dans le Vaucluse<\/span> \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 90 ans,<\/span> Maryse Cond\u00e9 <\/span>laisse une \u0153uvre litt\u00e9raire<\/span> sublime<\/span> qui selon<\/span> plusieurs <\/span>sp\u00e9cialistes n\u2019a pas eu la reconnaissance qu\u2019elle m\u00e9ritait<\/span>. <\/span>Professeure<\/span>,<\/span> dramaturge,<\/span> journaliste, <\/span>essayiste<\/span>, <\/span>\u00e9crivaine,<\/span> mais aussi femme<\/span> antillaise<\/span> de descendance africaine,<\/span> c\u2019est bien <\/span>l<\/span>\u2019<\/span>infatigable<\/span> qu\u00eate<\/span> de ses racines <\/span>qui<\/span> marqu<\/span>e<\/span>ra<\/span> son parcours personnel et intellectuel.<\/span> L<\/span>orsqu’elle arrive \u00e0 Paris<\/span> \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de <\/span>dix-neuf<\/span> ans<\/span>, le voyage <\/span>devien<\/span>t<\/span> une source <\/span>essentielle <\/span>d’inspiration pour cette artiste dont la vie <\/span>s\u2019est <\/span>ancr\u00e9e <\/span>dans divers espaces <\/span>g\u00e9ographiques :<\/span> The<\/span> Guadeloupe<\/span>, la France, l’Afrique et les \u00c9tats-Unis. <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0<\/span>Les gens qui ne bougent pas, \u00e0 mon avis, <\/span>ne comprennent pas le monde<\/span> autour d\u2019eux. <\/span>Le monde\u00a0est fait de rencontres, d’\u00e9changes<\/span>, <\/span>de partage. Tous mes voyages <\/span>avaient <\/span>u<\/span>n but<\/span> : <\/span>je me cherchais,<\/span> je <\/span>voulais me <\/span>comprendre \u00bb<\/span><\/strong> observ<\/span>ait<\/span> Cond\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c0 l\u2019instar <\/span>d<\/span>\u2019autres<\/span> intellectuels <\/span>antillais <\/span>comme <\/span>Aim\u00e9 C\u00e9saire, <\/span>Paulette<\/span> et Jane<\/span> Nardal<\/span>,<\/span> Frantz Fanon, \u00c9douard Glissant ou Patrick Chamoiseau, <\/span>Maryse <\/span>Cond\u00e9 <\/span>a<\/span> aussi<\/span> port<\/span>\u00e9<\/span> dans son \u00e9criture<\/span> une lutte <\/span>afro<\/span>\u2013<\/span>diasporique<\/span> trans<\/span>g<\/span>\u00e9n\u00e9rationnelle<\/span>. <\/span>Aux <\/span>\u00c9tats-Unis,<\/span> son <\/span>statut<\/span> de professeure<\/span> de litt\u00e9rature<\/span> \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 Columbia <\/span>lui perm<\/span>i<\/span>t de <\/span>fonde<\/span>r<\/span> the <\/span>Centre d<\/span>\u2019\u00e9<\/span>tudes <\/span>f<\/span>ran\u00e7aises et <\/span>f<\/span>rancophones<\/span> et d\u2019int\u00e9grer un<\/span> large \u00e9ventail d’\u00e9crivains fran\u00e7ais, antillais et africains<\/span> dans le programme universitaire<\/span>. <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0<\/span>La litt\u00e9rature francophone est riche, belle et plurielle<\/span>, <\/span>he <\/span>faut<\/span> absolument la conna\u00eetre et l’aimer<\/span>\u00a0\u00bb<\/span>, affirm<\/span>ait<\/span>-elle <\/span>with <\/span>sagesse<\/span>.<\/span> Militante convaincue contre le colonialisme, ce qui la <\/span>m\u00e8ne<\/span> \u00e0 vivre vingt ans dans diff\u00e9rents pays d’Afrique,<\/span> l’\u00e9crivaine <\/span>antillaise <\/span>devient<\/span> par la suite<\/span> la premi\u00e8re pr\u00e9sidente du <\/span>Comit\u00e9 pour <\/span>l’<\/span>Histoire et la M\u00e9moire de l’Esclavage<\/span>.<\/span> Mais c’est<\/span> avant tout<\/span> dans sa litt\u00e9rature, <\/span>empreinte de <\/span>r\u00e9alisme magique<\/span> and <\/span>d’anthropophagie <\/span>litt\u00e9raire<\/span>, <\/span>caract\u00e9ris\u00e9e<\/span> par un style \u00e9pur\u00e9 et simple, po\u00e9tique et ironique, que Cond\u00e9 <\/span>a <\/span>abord<\/span>\u00e9<\/span> some <\/span>sujets <\/span>pol\u00e9miques<\/span> tels que l’esclavage, l’imp\u00e9rialisme, les migrations, l’exil,<\/span> ainsi que<\/span> le racisme, <\/span>le patriarcat<\/span> et le fanatisme religieux.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Parmi ses nombreux \u00e9crits, essais, pi\u00e8ces de th\u00e9\u00e2tre, livres pour <\/span>la jeunesse<\/span> et romans, se <\/span>d\u00e9marquent<\/span> some <\/span>ouvrages<\/span> tel<\/span>s <\/span>that<\/span> Parole des femmes <\/span><\/em>(1979)<\/span>, <\/span>La travers\u00e9e de <\/span>l<\/span>a mangrove <\/span><\/em>(1989),<\/span> C\u0153ur \u00e0 rire et <\/span>\u00e0<\/span> pleurer<\/span> <\/em>(1999)<\/span>, <\/span>Une<\/span> vie sans fards<\/span>(2014)<\/span>,<\/span> Le fabuleux et triste destin <\/span>d\u2019Ivan et d\u2019Ivana<\/span><\/em> (2017)<\/span> and <\/span>L’\u00e9vangile du <\/span>N<\/span>ouveau <\/span>M<\/span>onde<\/span><\/em> (2021)<\/span>. <\/span>S<\/span>es <\/span>fictions<\/span> se d\u00e9roulent<\/span> souvent<\/span> en Guadeloupe et sont impr\u00e9gn\u00e9<\/span>e<\/span>s<\/span> of the <\/span>po\u00e9sie de la<\/span> culture \u00a0cr\u00e9ole <\/span>ainsi que<\/span> de l\u2019h\u00e9ritage colonial de la<\/span> Caribbean<\/span>.<\/span> M<\/span>ais pas que<\/span>. <\/span>L<\/span>a saga historique <\/span>S\u00e9gou<\/span><\/em> (1984) <\/span>raconte la <\/span>d\u00e9cadence<\/span> progressive de l’empire Bambara<\/span>, actuel Mali,<\/span> \u00e0 travers <\/span>plusieurs<\/span> g\u00e9n\u00e9rations d<\/span>e la<\/span> famille <\/span>Traor\u00e9 <\/span>pendant la p\u00e9riode allant de la <\/span>T<\/span>raite transatlantique \u00e0 l’invasion fran\u00e7aise \u00e0 la fin du X<\/span>I<\/span>Xe si\u00e8cle. <\/span>L<\/span>\u2019un des<\/span> m\u00e9rite<\/span>s <\/span>de ce <\/span>best-seller<\/span> is <\/span>la d\u00e9construction \u00e9pist\u00e9mique de ce que l’Occident<\/span> a erron\u00e9ment<\/span> nomm\u00e9<\/span> l’Afrique, <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0<\/span>un continent sans histoire, synonyme de primitivisme et de sous-d\u00e9veloppement<\/span>\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span> Au contraire,<\/span> en s’appuyant sur des sources historiques solides, <\/span>Maryse <\/span>Cond\u00e9<\/span> d\u00e9voile <\/span>la splendeur sociale, culturelle et politique de l’ancienne civilisation Bambara. Parmi ses livres les plus connus, <\/span>il y a <\/span>\u00e9galement <\/span>Moi,<\/span> Tituba sorci\u00e8re noire de Salem<\/span> <\/em>(1986)<\/span>. Ce <\/span>roman <\/span>raconte la vie de Tituba, la premi\u00e8re femme esclave <\/span>accus\u00e9e de sorcellerie<\/span> in the<\/span> United States <\/span>du <\/span>XVIIe si\u00e8cle<\/span>, <\/span>dont l’ex\u00e9cution inaugure<\/span>ra<\/span> la c\u00e9l\u00e8bre chasse aux sorci\u00e8res de Salem. <\/span>D<\/span>ans une<\/span> qu\u00eate de<\/span> m\u00e9moire collectiv<\/span>e<\/span> f\u00e9minine<\/span>, <\/span>l\u2019\u00e9crivaine guadeloup\u00e9enne <\/span>r\u00e9\u00e9crit<\/span> le r\u00e9cit de vie de cette femme barbadienne <\/span>oubli\u00e9<\/span>e<\/span> par l’histoire officielle pour lui donner voix et humanit\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n

L<\/span>a qualit\u00e9 litt\u00e9raire, <\/span>l<\/span>a cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 artistique et <\/span>l<\/span>a sensibilit\u00e9 socio-politique<\/span> propre \u00e0 l\u2019\u0153uvre cond\u00e9enne<\/span> ont valu <\/span>une reconnaissance mondiale<\/span> and <\/span>nombreu<\/span>ses distinctions<\/span> \u00e0 son auteure<\/span>\u00a0: <\/span>Grand Prix litt\u00e9raire de la Femme<\/span><\/em> (1987), <\/span>Prix Marguerite Yourcenar<\/span><\/em> (1999), <\/span>Prix sp\u00e9cial de la Francophonie<\/span><\/em> (2013)<\/em> et peut-\u00eatre le plus important, <\/span>the Prix Nobel alternatif de litt\u00e9rature<\/em><\/span> (2018)<\/span>. <\/span>Sous la plume de Maryse Cond\u00e9, transpara\u00eet une France peu visible dans la litt\u00e9rature fran\u00e7aise<\/span> classique<\/span>. Il s\u2019agit de <\/span>cette autre <\/span>France incarn\u00e9e par les populations carib\u00e9ennes, am\u00e9ricaines, africaines, maghr\u00e9bine<\/span>s<\/span> and <\/span>asiatiques<\/span> issues <\/span>d’une double histoire : celle de la colonisation et de l’immigration.<\/span> <\/strong>U<\/span>ne France plurielle, <\/span>hybride<\/span>, cr\u00e9ative, mais aussi conflictuelle, qui<\/span>,<\/span> dans sa cr\u00e9olisation<\/span>, ne cesse de remettre <\/span>en question les dynamiques parfois <\/span>cl\u00f4tur\u00e9es <\/span>de ce que l’on appelle l’identit\u00e9 fran\u00e7aise. <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0Il n\u2019y a pas d\u2019<\/span>identit\u00e9 <\/span>fran\u00e7aise, \u00e7a <\/span>chang<\/span>e tout le temps, constamment \u00bb<\/span>, rappel<\/span>ait <\/span>l\u2019\u00e9crivaine<\/span>.<\/span> Maryse<\/span> Cond\u00e9<\/span> est partie <\/span>l<\/span>e 2 avril 2024<\/span>,<\/span> mais<\/span> son \u0153uvre<\/span> belle <\/span>and <\/span>exub\u00e9rante<\/span> l\u2019immortalise<\/span> d\u00e9j\u00e0<\/span>.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Sara CANDELA<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00ab La langue dans laquelle j’\u00e9cris n’est pas le fran\u00e7ais, n\u2019est pas le cr\u00e9ole, je le dis souvent, c\u2019est une langue qui est la mienne, j’\u00e9cris en Maryse Cond\u00e9 \u00bb, rappelait autrefois l’\u00e9crivaine guadeloup\u00e9enne avec un rictus provocateur. Disparue le 2 avril 2024 dans le Vaucluse \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 90 ans, Maryse Cond\u00e9 laisse une<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_robots":null,"rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":""},"categories":[2,1779],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-actualite","category-litterature"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}