Personality · Literature
Writer · Poet · Playwright · Translator · University teacher · Novelist
- Fiction
- Essay
📍 Birthplace Port-au-Prince, Ouest
🎂 Birthday December 28
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Gary Klang, is a Haitian-Canadian poet and novelist. Since 2007, he is the president of the prestigious "Conseil des Écrivains francophones d'Amérique". Klang's work is very rich. It includes novels, poetry, short stories and essays. On July 14, 2000, "l'Union Française à Montréal" chose Gary as the promoter of the French national holiday marking the storming of the Bastille. The same day, the same French Union participated in the launch of his collection of verses "La terre est vide comme une étoile". Gary Klang is also a member of the "Association des Ecrivains Québécois (UNEQ)", a member of the "Association des Ecrivains de langue française" and of the PEN Club of Montreal. He was nominated for the Haitian grand Literary Prize of 2004, together with Edwidge Danticat, René Depestre, Frankétienne, Dany Laferrière, Josaphat-Robert Large and Leslie Manigat.
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Main works
- L'Adolescent qui regardait passer la vieL'Adolescent qui regardait passer la vie
Haïti ! Haïti !
- L'Île aux deux visagesL'Île aux deux visages
- Je veux chanter la merJe veux chanter la mer
- La Méditation transcendantaleLa Méditation transcendantale
- Moi natif natalMoi natif natal
- Ex-îleEx-île
La terre est vide comme une étoile
- La vraie vie est absenteLa vraie vie est absente
- Kafka m'a ditKafka m'a dit
- Un homme seul est toujours en mauvaise compagnieUn homme seul est toujours en mauvaise compagnie
- Il est grand temps de rallumer les étoilesIl est grand temps de rallumer les étoiles
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Places
- Birthplace
- Port-au-Prince, Ouest
- Languages
- French
Official links and sources
Information from
- Wikidata, Q3098578 (CC0)
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