Marie NDiaye Wins France's Goncourt Prize for `Trois Femmes Puissantes'

Reported by Bloomberg on Monday, 2 November 2009 (on November 2, 2009)

Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Marie NDiaye won France’s most
prestigious literary award, the 106-year-old Prix Goncourt for
“Trois Femmes Puissantes,” a novel about three African women
who struggle to maintain their dignity against all odds.

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