Bernardine Evaristo

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Bernardine Evaristo is a British writer and academic best known for her innovative, genre-blending fiction exploring Black British experiences and identity.

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Bernardine Evaristo canonical 22
Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo 1

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instanceOf academic ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
novel ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
theatre company ⓘ
author Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
awardReceived Booker Prize ⓘ
British Book Award for Author of the Year ⓘ
Order of the British Empire ⓘ
birthName Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo ⓘ
linked to: Bernardine Evaristo
bookTitle Girl, Woman, Other ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
coFounderOf Theatre of Black Women ⓘ
countryOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1959-05-28 ⓘ
education Rose Bruford College ⓘ
employer Brunel University London ⓘ
ethnicOrigin English ⓘ
Nigerian ⓘ
father Julius Taiwo Evaristo ⓘ
fatherOccupation welder ⓘ
focus Black women’s theatre in Britain ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
experimental fiction ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
honour Member of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society of Literature ⓘ
mother Lilian Evaristo ⓘ
motherOccupation schoolteacher ⓘ
movement Black British literature ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
name Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableAchievement first Black woman to win the Booker Prize ⓘ
notableWork Blonde Roots ⓘ
Girl, Woman, Other ⓘ
Lara ⓘ
Manifesto: On Never Giving Up ⓘ
Mr Loverman ⓘ
Soul Tourists ⓘ
The Emperor’s Babe ⓘ
occupation literary critic ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Woolwich ⓘ
positionHeld President of the Royal Society of Literature ⓘ
Professor of Creative Writing ⓘ
publicationYear 2019 ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
writesAbout Black British experiences ⓘ
gender and sexuality ⓘ
race and identity ⓘ
writingStyle experimental narrative structures ⓘ
genre-blending ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Booker Prize → notableRecipient → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Girl, Woman, Other → author → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Bernardine Evaristo → name → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Bernardine Evaristo → birthName → Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo ⓘ
linked to: Bernardine Evaristo
Girl, Woman, Other → author → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
subject linked to: Bernardine Evaristo
Yazz → createdBy → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Julius Taiwo Evaristo → hasChild → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Julius Taiwo Evaristo → fatherOf → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Julius Taiwo Evaristo → contributedHeritageTo → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Lilian Evaristo → child → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Lilian Evaristo → notableRelative → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Mr Loverman → author → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Lara → author → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Lara → isEarlyWorkOf → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
The Emperor’s Babe → author → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Blonde Roots → author → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Soul Tourists → author → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Manifesto: On Never Giving Up → author → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Manifesto: On Never Giving Up → mainSubject → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Theatre of Black Women → foundedBy → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Theatre of Black Women → coFoundedBy → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ
Theatre of Black Women → notableMember → Bernardine Evaristo ⓘ