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Dakar : Senegal | 22 days ago

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French author Beigbeder speaks to the media after winning the Renaudot ...

The 42-year-old was honoured for her novel Trois Femmes Puissantes (Three Powerful Women), a saga set in both Africa and Europe. Frenchwoman NDiaye, whose father is Senegalese and mother French, said: "This prize is an unexpected reward for 25 years of persistence."

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