10 Facts About Scholastique Mukasonga

Scholastique Mukasonga was born on 1956 and is a French-Rwandan author born in the former Gikongoro province of Rwanda.

Scholastique Mukasonga was born in 1956 in the southwest of Rwanda, by the Rukarara river.

Scholastique Mukasonga completed her studies as a social worker in Burundi and began work for UNICEF.

Scholastique Mukasonga arrived in France in 1992 and had to retake the test for social workers, as the diploma she received in Burundi was not recognized by the French administration.

Scholastique Mukasonga received the Seligmann Prize, from the Chancellerie des universites de Paris, which recognizes work fighting against racism and intolerance.

In 2014, Scholastique Mukasonga published a new collection of short stories entitled Ce que murmurent les collines, which won the prize Societe des gens de lettres the following year in 2015 in the short story category.

Scholastique Mukasonga is a jury member of the Prix Deauville Litterature et Musique.

Scholastique Mukasonga was honoured with the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, which recognizes those who have made significant cultural contributions in the two fields.

Scholastique Mukasonga's second book, La femme aux pieds nus, is a homage to her mother, Stefania, and to all the women of Nyamata who dedicated themselves to the survival of their children from certain death.

Scholastique Mukasonga considers these first two books as a memorial and a tomb to her loved ones and all the anonymous inhabitants of Nyamata who lie in ossuaries or mass graves.