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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 ...
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 ...
According to review aggregator Book Marks, the book received "rave" reviews based on seventeen critic reviews with thirteen being "rave" and four being "positive". [4] On Bookmarks March/April 2022 issue the book received a 4 out of 5 based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "Evaristo deftly combines the personal and the political, as well the intersectionality of her life, in ...
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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 ...
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.
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".
The Complete Works: Poetry was an initiative of Bernardine Evaristo [1] to tackle the underrepresentation of poets of colour in UK poetry in the early years of the 21st century as revealed by the Free Verse Report in 2005. [2] Evaristo stated that "publishers simply weren't publishing poets of colour." [3]