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Evaristo was born in Eltham, south-east London, and christened Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo. [13] She was raised in Woolwich, the fourth of eight children born to an English mother, Jacqueline M. Brinkworth, of English, Irish and German heritage, [14] who was a schoolteacher, [15] and a Nigerian father, Julius Taiwo Bayomi Evaristo (1927–2001), known as Danny, born in British Cameroon ...
Girl, Woman, Other has received more than 30 Book of the Year and Decade honours, alongside recognition as one of Barack Obama's top 19 books for 2019 and Roxane Gay's favourite book of 2019. [3] Its prizes include Fiction Book of the Year at the 2020 British Book Awards, where Evaristo also won Author of the Year. Additionally, the novel won ...
Mr Loverman is the seventh novel written by British-Nigerian author Bernardine Evaristo.Published by Penguin Books, UK, in 2013 [1] and Akashic Books, US, in 2014, [2] [3] Mr Loverman explores the life of Britain's older Caribbean community, through the perspective of a 74-year-old Antiguan-Londoner and closet homosexual.
Soul Tourists is an experimental novel written by British writer Bernardine Evaristo. [1] Published in 2005 by Penguin, [2] Soul Tourists draws on elements of prose, poetry, scripts and other non-fiction devices. Featuring historical figures of the past, it tells the story of a mismatched black British couple travelling from Europe to the ...
Evaristo has been praised for her historical approach within Blonde Roots.On Bookmarks May/June 2009 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.00 out of 5) from based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "Transcending labels and genres, Blonde Roots is an enthralling, eye-opening story".
Bernardine Evaristo will be among those at the festival (David Parry/PA) (PA Archive) The RSL’s management is still facing concerns over its supposed diluting of its admittance criteria in a bid ...
Evaristo's Lara was voted Book of the Year three times. The New Statesman said: "first novels don't often make my heart beat faster….Bernardine Evaristo is a gifted black writer. Her Lara is a beautifully written novel-in-verse", [ 2 ] while Black British newspaper The Weekly Journal praised her "skill as a storyteller as well as a poet, Lara ...
It’s been a mixed year for terrestrial dramas, but the BBC’s adaptation of the Bernardine Evaristo novel, Mr Loverman, snuck in under the wire. Lennie James plays a closeted gay man entering ...