Born: 21-Sep-1928
Birthplace: Le Lamentin, Martinique

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Occupation: Poet, Novelist

Nationality: Martinique
Executive summary: L'Intention Poétique

    University: Lycée Schoelcher, Fort-de-France
    University: Musée de l'Homme
    University: Sorbonne
    Professor: French Literature, City University of New York (1995-)

Author of books:
Un Champ d'îles (1953, poetry)
La Terre inquiète (1955, poetry)
Les Indes (1956, poetry)
La Lézarde (1958, novel, The Ripening)
Le sel noir (1960, poetry)
Le Quatrième Siècle (1962, novel)
L'Intention poétique (1969, poetry)
Malemort (1975, novel)
Boises (1977, poetry)
La case du commandeur (1981, novel)
Pays rêvé, pays réel (1985, poetry)
Mahagony (1987, novel)
Fastes (1991, poetry)
Poèmes complets (1994, poetry)
Tout-Monde (1995, novel)
Faulkner, Mississippi (1996, biography)
Sartorius: le roman des Batoutos (1999, novel)
Ormérod (2003, novel)

Wrote plays:
Monsieur Toussaint (1961)

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