Maryse Conde: Guadeloupe author wins alternative Nobel Literature Prize
[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Maryse Conde said she shared her prize with the people of Guadeloupe Maryse Conde, one of the Caribbean's most renowned authors, has won an award created to replace this year's Nobel Prize for Literature. The prestigious literature prize was suspended this year after a scandal at the Swedish Academy, which awards it. The Guadeloupian author, 81, said she was "very happy and proud" to win the alternative version. She was nominated alongside Japan's Haruki Murakami, the UK's Neil Gaiman and Vietnamese-born Canadian Kim Thuy . The Nobel Prize for Literature was suspended after a crisis over its handling of allegations against Frenchman Jean-Claude Arnault, the husband of one of the academy's members. He has been jailed for two years for rap...