Kettly Mars

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Kettly Mars
Photo: Georges Seguin (Okki), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Personality · Literature

Writer · Poet · Novelist · Short story writer

  • Poetry
  • Serialized fiction

📍 Birthplace Port-au-Prince, Ouest

🎂 Birthday September 3

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Kettly Pierre Mars is a Haitian poet and novelist. She writes in French and Creole, and her books have been translated into Creole, English, Italian, Dutch, Danish, and Japanese. She is recognized as a major figure in post-Duvalier and contemporary Francophone Caribbean literature.

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Main works

  • Kettly MarsL'ora ibridaL'ora ibrida · 2005
  • Cover of L'Heure HybrideL'Heure Hybride · 2005
  • Kettly MarsKool-KlubKool-Klub · 2007
  • Kettly MarsSaisons sauvagesSaisons sauvages · 2010
  • Cover of Aux frontières de la soifAux frontières de la soif

Covers: Open Library and Cover Art Archive, where available; other titles are shown without their cover.

Career

  1. 2005L'ora ibridaWork
  2. 2005L'Heure HybrideWork
  3. 2006Senghor PrizeDistinction
  4. 2007Kool-KlubWork
  5. 2010Saisons sauvagesWork

Distinctions

  • 2006Senghor Prize
  • Prince Claus Award

Places

Birthplace
Port-au-Prince, Ouest
Languages
French

Official links and sources

Information from

  • Wikidata, Q3195618 (CC0)
  • Photo: Georges Seguin (Okki), 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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