Bernardine Evaristo

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Bernardine Evaristo is a British writer and academic best known for her innovative, genre-blending fiction exploring Black British experiences and identity.

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Bernardine Evaristo canonical 4
Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo 1

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instanceOf academic
essayist
human
novel
novelist
playwright
poet
theatre company
author Bernardine Evaristo self-linksurface differs
awardReceived Booker Prize
British Book Awards Author of the Year
surface form: British Book Award for Author of the Year

Order of the British Empire
birthName Bernardine Evaristo self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo
bookTitle Girl, Woman, Other
citizenship United Kingdom
coFounderOf Theatre of Black Women
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1959-05-28
education Rose Bruford College
employer Middlesex University
surface form: Brunel University London
ethnicOrigin English
Nigerian
father Julius Taiwo Evaristo
fatherOccupation welder
focus Black women’s theatre in Britain
gender female
genre drama
experimental fiction
fiction
poetry
honour Member of the Order of the British Empire
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
language English
memberOf Royal Society of Literature
mother Lilian Evaristo
motherOccupation schoolteacher
movement Black British literature
postcolonial literature
name Bernardine Evaristo self-link
nationality British
notableAchievement first Black woman to win the Booker Prize
notableWork Blonde Roots
Girl, Woman, Other
Lara
Manifesto: On Never Giving Up
Mr Loverman
Soul Tourists
The Emperor’s Babe
occupation literary critic
university professor
writer
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London

Woolwich
positionHeld President of the Royal Society of Literature
Professor of Creative Writing
publicationYear 2019
residence London, England
surface form: London
writesAbout Black British experiences
gender and sexuality
race and identity
writingStyle experimental narrative structures
genre-blending

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Booker Prize notableRecipient Bernardine Evaristo
Girl, Woman, Other author Bernardine Evaristo
Bernardine Evaristo name Bernardine Evaristo self-link
Bernardine Evaristo birthName Bernardine Evaristo self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo
Bernardine Evaristo author Bernardine Evaristo self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Girl, Woman, Other