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Bernardine Evaristo

Bernardine Evaristo

Eltham, London, England, UK

Born 1959, Bernardine Evaristo, MBE FRSL FRSA, FEA, is a British author of eight works of fiction. Her novel, Girl, Woman, Other, won the Booker Prize in 2019. It was also one of Barack Obama's 19 Favourite Books of 2019. In June 2020 she became the first woman of colour to assume the #1 spot in the UK paperback fiction charts.

Filmography
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent poster
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
2020 • Herself
One in Five poster
One in Five
1982 • Self - "Free To Be" Musical Performer