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Dany Laferrière
Writing The Enigma of the Return and an autobiographical body of work spanning Haiti and North America.
An Aroma of Coffee · I Am a Japanese Writer
- Born
- 13 April 1953
- Birthplace
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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Dany Laferrière
Haitian-Canadian novelist whose books explore exile, memory and the freedom to invent an identity.
Early life
Haitian childhood
Spent much of his childhood with his grandmother in Petit-Goâve.
Journalism
Worked as a journalist in Haiti before leaving for Montreal in 1976.
Career
- 1976–1980s
Starting over
Worked in factories in Montreal while developing his writing.
- 1985–2000s
Literary career
Published novels and adapted work for cinema.
- 2009 onward
International recognition
Won the Prix Médicis and was elected to the Académie française in 2013.
Selected work
An Aroma of Coffee
Revisits childhood and his grandmother’s world in Haiti.
I Am a Japanese Writer
A playful novel about literary identity and nationality.
The Enigma of the Return
A return to Haiti after a father’s death, mixing prose and poetry.
Beyond work
The 2010 earthquake
Survived the Haitian earthquake and wrote about its aftermath.
Drawing books
Later combined handwriting and drawings in illustrated literary works.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and references ↗Biography and contributions ↗Photo: Georges Seguin ( Okki ). CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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