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Raphaël Confiant
Raphaël Confiant
Raphaël Confiant (born January 25, 1951) is a French writer known for his literary commitment towards Creole literature. 1854 arrival of East-Indian indentured servants (La Panse du Chacal, 2004).
Biography
Raphaël Confiant was born in 1951 in Le Lorrain, Martinique. He studied English and Political Science at the University of Provence. During the 1970s, Confiant became a militant proponent of use of the Creole language and later worked with Jean Bernabé and Patrick Chamoiseau to create the créolité movement. The three authors coauthored the seminal text of the créolité movement, Eloge de la créolité (In Praise of Creoleness) (1989), in addition to other theoretical texts. The créolité movement is often characterized as a reaction to the Négritude movement, which emphasized the African origins of the Antillean people. The créolité movement, on the other hand, emphasizes the diversity of Antillean ancestry and cultural heritage, which includes Chinese, Indian, and European influences, among others. The movement seeks to understand the diverse identities and histories of the people of the Antilles through the lens of literature and language and eschews the universal in favor of a diverse view of language and identity. Confiant is a well-known writer in both Creole and French and is currently a lecturer at the University of the French West Indies and Guiana (UAG). After publishing his first novels in Creole and suffering very poor sales, Confiant took another approach in 1988 by publishing his first French-language novel, Le Nègre et l’Amiral, set in Martinique during World War II. The novel was welcomed by the French literary crowd as a new voice in French language literature. Narrowly missing the Goncourt Prize in 1991 with his second French novel, Eau de Café, Confiant has ever since continued writing in French, even translating his first Creole language novels. The themes of his last novels seem to be dictated by the anniversaries of French West Indian events like the 1902 Mount Pelée eruption (with Nuée Ardente, published in 2002) or the
Bibliography
• In • • • • • • • In • • • Créole : Jik dèyè do Bondyé, short stories, 1979 Jou Baré, poems, 1981 Bitako-a, novel, 1985 Kòd Yanm, novel, 1986 Marisosé, novel, 1987 Dictionnaires des titim et sirandanes, 1997 French: Le Nègre et l’Amiral, novel, 1988, Prix Antigone Eloge de la créolité, essay, 1989 (with Jean Bernabé and Patrick Chamoiseau) Lettres créoles: tracées antillaises et continentales de la littérature (1635-1975), essay, 1991 Eau de Café, novel 1991, Prix Novembre Ravines du devant-jour, narration, 1993, Prix Casa de las Americas Commandeur du sucre, narration, 1993 Aimé Césaire, une traversée paradoxale du siècle, essay, 1993 L’Allée des Soupirs, novel, 1994, Prix Carbet Bassin des ouragans, narration, 1994 Les maîtres de la parole créole, story, 1995 Contes créoles, story, 1995 Le Gouverneur des dés, narration, 1995 Mamzelle Libellule, novel, 1995 La Savane des pétrifications, narration, 1995 La Vierge du Grand Retour, novel, 1996 La baignoire de Joséphine, narration, 1997 Le Meurtre de Samedi-Gloria , novel, 1997, Prix RFO L’archet du colonel, novel, 1998 Régisseur du rhum, narration, 1999 Le Cahier de Romance, narration, 2000 Brin d’amour, novel, 2001 Nuée ardente, narration, 2002 La Panse du Chacal, novel, 2004 Adele et la Pacotillieuse, novel, 2005
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Raphaël Confiant
• Hazaël-Massieux, Marie-Christine. "Raphaël Confiant." [2] Retrieved July 23, 2005.
References
• "Les principaux courants littéraires antillais." [1] Retrieved July 22, 2005.
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