CULTURAL EVENTS and PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE CARIBBEAN – MARCH 2017
MARCH 2017 March 1 : Ash Wednesday (GUADELOUPE – ST MARTIN – MARTINIQUE) * Photo March 1 : Parade or “Vidé” in Black & White / Burning of the King Vaval (GUADELOUPE – MARTINIQUE) […]
Month: February 2017
Havana Book Fair : the taste of literature
PHOTO REPORT : Every year, Cuba celebrates in February Havana International Book Fair in the fortress of San Carlos de La Cabaña, located on the other side of the Havana Bay. For ten days, from […]
BIFF: a celebration of artistic achievement
The 13th edition of the Bahamas International Film Festival (commonly known as BIFF) took place from December 5 to 11, 2016. As usual, this important film event had a huge success in the archipelago. The […]
Some Caribbean books in my library…
The Caribbean islands are a very rich literary region. Our writers receive many awards for their books in their native island, in the other Caribbean islands and other continents. In addition, the Caribbean islands have […]
Caribbean writers, from Jacques-Stéphen Alexis to Alejo Carpentier
JACQUES-STEPHEN ALEXIS (1922-1961 / Haiti) Compère Général Soleil (Gallimard, 1955) Les Arbres Musiciens (Gallimard, 1957, 1984 ; Les Éditions Fardin, 1986) L’Espace d’un Cillement (Gallimard, 1959, 1983) Romancero aux Étoîles (Gallimard, 1960) L’Étoile Absinthe (Zulma, […]
Caribbean writers, from Aimé Césaire to Gérard Étienne
AIMÉ CÉSAIRE (1913-2008 / Martinique) Les Armes Miraculeuses (Gallimard, 1946 – 1970) Esclavage et colonisation (Presses universitaires de France,1948) Et les Chiens se Taisaient (Présence Africaine, 1958, 1997) Ferrements (Seuil, 1961-1991) Cadastre (Seuil, 1961) Return […]
Caribbean writers, from Frantz Fanon to Jamaica Kincaid
FRANTZ FANON (1925-1961 / Martinique) Peau Noire, Masques Blancs (Seuil,1952) L’An V de la Révolution Algérienne (Maspéro, 1959) Les Damnés de la Terre (Maspéro, 1961 – La Découverte, 1984) Pour la Révolution Africaine (Maspéro, 1964) […]
Caribbean writers, from Dany Laferrière to Jean Métellus
DANY LAFERRIÈRE (1953 – / Haiti) Comment Faire l’Amour avec un Nègre sans se Fatiguer (VLB, 1985 ; P. Belfond, 1989) Éroshima (VLB, 1987 ; Typo, 1998) L’Odeur du Café (VLB, 1991; Typo, 1999 ; […]
Caribbean writers, from Mervyn Morris to Max Rippon
MERVYN MORRIS (1937 – / Jamaica) The Pond (New Beacon Books, 1973) On Holy Week (Dangaroo Press, 1976) Shadow Boxing (New Beacon Books, 1979) Examination Centre (New Beacon Books, 1992) I Been There, Sort Of […]
Caribbean writers, from Jacques Roumain to Joseph Zobel
JACQUES ROUMAIN (1907-1943 / Haiti) Les Fantoches (Imprimerie de l’État, 1931; Fardin, 1977) La Montagne Ensorcelée (Imprimerie E. Chassaing, 1931; Éditeurs Français réunis, 1972; Fardin, 1976; Mémoire d’encrier, 2005) Contribution à l’Étude de l’Ethnobotanique Précolombienne des Grandes Antilles […]