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Dany Laferrière is a Haitian-Canadian novelist and journalist who writes in French. He is the first Haitian, Canadian and Quebecer to be elected to the Académie française, and has won several literary awards for his works.
Dany Laferrière, baptisé Windsor Klébert Laferrière en hommage à son père 1, 2, né le 13 avril 1953 à Port-au-Prince en Haïti, est un académicien, écrivain et réalisateur résidant principalement à Montréal et à Paris. Il reçoit le prix Médicis 2009 pour son roman L'énigme du retour 3.
Découvrez la biographie de Dany Laferrière, élu en 2013 à l'Académie française, qui a connu la Haïti, le Québec et le monde. Retrouvez ses romans, ses récits, ses essais et ses distinctions littéraires.
Learn about Dany Laferrière, a Haitian-born Canadian author who wrote lyrical novels about the immigrant experience and Haitian politics. Find out his notable works, awards, and personal background.
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When his father, mayor of Port-au-Prince and then under-secretary of state for trade, went into exile, his mother, fearing reprisals, entrusted her four-year-old son to his grandmother in the seaside town of Petit-Goave. Dany Laferrière, who grew up during the Duvalier regime, became a journalist and radio broadcaster and later immigrated to Canada...
Dany Laferrière established a home in Montreal, where he worked in low-paid factory jobs while writing his first novel, Comment faire l'amour avec un Nègre sans se fatiguer (1985; tr. How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired, 1987), which was a surprise commercial success. The semi-autobiographical work, later used as the basis for a featu...
The 21st century has brought Dany Laferrière continued productivity and success. His works have included Je suis fatigué (2000), Je suis un écrivain japonais (2009; tr. I am a Japanese Writer, 2010) (winner of the Grand Prix littéraire international Metropolis bleu, 2009), La fête des morts (2009), L’Énigme du retour (2009; tr. The Return, 2010) (w...
Dany Laferrière is also the author of two children’s books. Based on his 1993 book An Aroma of Coffee and illustrated by Fréderic Normandin, Je suis fou de Vava (2006) won the 2006 Governor General’s Award. La fête des morts, also illustrated by Normandin, was published in 2009.
Dany Laferrière wrote the screenplays LeGoût des jeunes filles (2004) and soon afterward Comment conquérir l'Amérique en une nuit (2004). Vers le sud(2005) was adapted by Laurent Cantet from three of Laferrière’s short stories; Laferrière received credit as co-writer along with Cantet and Robert Campillo.
In general, critics praise Dany Laferrière's work, but they are less enthusiastic about the way he describes interracial relations, Black people and women. He defended his work in Cette grenade dans la main du jeune Nègre est-elle une arme ou un fruit? (1993; tr. Why Must a Black Writer Write about Sex?, 1995), J'écris comme je vis (2000) and Je su...
Jun 23, 2016 · Born in Port-au-Prince in 1953, Dany Laferrière worked as a journalist in Haiti before moving to Canada in 1976, where he also worked as a journalist. His books include How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired, Heading South, and The Return, for which he was awarded the Prix Médicis.
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May 29, 2015 · The writer Dany Laferrière, born in Haiti, is one of the few non-French citizens to become a member of this elite club, a protector of the French language.
