Edwidge Danticat

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Edwidge Danticat
Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Personality · Literature

Writer · University teacher · Children's writer · Novelist · Short story writer

📍 Birthplace Port-au-Prince, Ouest

🎂 Birthday January 19

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Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or edited several books and has been the recipient of many awards and honors. Her work has dealt with themes of national identity, mother-daughter relationships, and diasporic politics. In 2023, she was named the Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Professor of the Humanities in the department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University.

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Main works

  • Cover of Breath, Eyes, MemoryBreath, Eyes, Memory · 1994
  • Cover of Krik? Krak!Krik? Krak! · 1995
  • Cover of The Farming of BonesThe Farming of Bones · 1998
  • Cover of The Farming of BonesThe Farming of Bones · 1998
  • Cover of Breath, Eyes, MemoryBreath, Eyes, Memory · 1998
  • Cover of The Dew BreakerThe Dew Breaker · 2004
  • Edwidge DanticatAprès la danse : au cœur du carnaval de JacmelAprès la danse : au cœur du carnaval de Jacmel · 2004
  • Edwidge DanticatBrother, I'm DyingBrother, I'm Dying · 2007
  • Edwidge DanticatEdwidge Danticat: Stories of HaitiEdwidge Danticat: Stories of Haiti · 2010
  • Edwidge DanticatClaire of the Sea LightClaire of the Sea Light · 2013

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Career

  1. 1994Breath, Eyes, MemoryWork
  2. 1995Krik? Krak!Work
  3. 1998The Farming of BonesWork
  4. 1998The Farming of BonesWork
  5. 1998Breath, Eyes, MemoryWork
  6. 1999American Book AwardsDistinction
  7. 1999Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-MondeDistinction
  8. 2004The Dew BreakerWork
  9. 2004Après la danse : au cœur du carnaval de JacmelWork
  10. 2004The Story PrizeDistinction
  11. 2005Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsDistinction
  12. 2006Great Immigrants AwardDistinction
  13. 2007Brother, I'm DyingWork
  14. 2008National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and AutobiographyDistinction
  15. 2009MacArthur Fellows ProgramDistinction
  16. 2010Edwidge Danticat: Stories of HaitiWork
  17. 2011Langston Hughes MedalDistinction
  18. 2013Claire of the Sea LightWork

Distinctions

  • 1999American Book Awards
  • 1999Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde
  • 2004The Story Prize
  • 2005Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
  • 2006Great Immigrants Award
  • 2008National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and Autobiography
  • 2009MacArthur Fellows Program
  • 2011Langston Hughes Medal
  • 2018Neustadt International Prize for Literature
  • 2019National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
  • 2020Vilcek Prize
  • Flaiano Literary Prize

Places

Birthplace
Port-au-Prince, Ouest
Languages
English

Official links and sources

Information from

  • Wikidata, Q450346 (CC0)
  • Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
  • Covers: Open Library and Cover Art Archive, where available; other titles are shown without their cover.
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