Born: 21-Sep-1928
Birthplace: Le Lamentin, Martinique
Died: 3-Feb-2011
Location of death: Paris, France [1]
Cause of death: unspecified

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

Nationality: Martinique
Executive summary: L'Intention Po�tique

    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'�les (1953, poetry)
La Terre inqui�te (1955, poetry)
Les Indes (1956, poetry)
La L�zarde (1958, novel, The Ripening)
Le sel noir (1960, poetry)
Le Quatri�me Si�cle (1962, novel)
L'Intention po�tique (1969, poetry)
Malemort (1975, novel)
Boises (1977, poetry)
La case du commandeur (1981, novel)
Pays r�v�, pays r�el (1985, poetry)
Mahagony (1987, novel)
Fastes (1991, poetry)
Po�mes complets (1994, poetry)
Tout-Monde (1995, novel)
Faulkner, Mississippi (1996, biography)
Sartorius: le roman des Batoutos (1999, novel)
Orm�rod (2003, novel)

Wrote plays:
Monsieur Toussaint (1961)

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