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8 Haitian Authors Participating At Miami International Book Fair

K St. Fort — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 08:26:20 +0000

Eight authors of Haitian descent will be participating at the Miami International Book Fair, taking place from November 20-22 at several venues in Miami. They include Angie Bell, Fabienne Josaphat, Dimitry Elias Leger, Edwidge Danticat, Carl Jean-Juste, Katia Ulysse, Michele Jessica (MJ) Fievre, Rebecca Carmant.

Bell, Fievre, Carmant—along with spoken word poet Naomiel—will be taking part in a symposium entitled EXPATS! Haitian Women Poets in Exile: A Trilingual Reading in English, French, and Haitian Creole—alongside Rebecca Carmant and Naomiel, and MJ Fievre. Fievre released A Sky the Color of Chaos earlier this month.

Famed photographer Carl Jean-Juste (photo right), whose book Havana and Haiti: Two Cultures, One Community, is a collection of essays and photographs chronicling the relational and cultural ties of the two countries, will be part of “Havana and Haiti: Reshaping the New Americas and the World” on November 21. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PROGRAM.

Award-winning author Edwidge Danticat will be on several panels, including the one Jean-Juste will be headlining. CLICK HERE TO SEE HER FULL SCHEDULE.

Dimitri Elias Leger

God Loves Haiti author Dimitry Elias Leger will be taking part in “Fiction of Place: A Reading”. Leger is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and grew up in New York, and resided in Florida for a time. CLICK HERE to see full details about this event.

Katia D. Ulysse penned the children’s book Fabiola Can Count (2012), and published her first novel Drifting in 2014. She will be among the panelists for “Land of Upheaval: A Literary Journey through Haiti’s Modern History”, with Fievre and Fabienne Josaphat.

Fabienne Josaphat is a new name to me. But apparently, she’s a long-timer in the literature game. One of her short stories was featured in the anthology So Spoke the Earth, edited by MJ Fievre, and she has a novel set to be released in early Spring 2016.

You can CLICK HERE to check the Miami International Book Fair’s entire program.

Carl Juste photo: Al Diaz

Did you know that Jacques Roumain is one of the most translated Haitian authors ever?

K St. Fort — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 07:55:59 +0000

Did you know that Jacques Roumain is one of the most translated Haitian authors ever?

Jacques Roumain…ever heard of him? Did you know that Masters of the Dew (which was originally published under the French title Gouverneur de la Rosee) is one of the most translated works by a Haitian author, and that it was written by him? He’s in the company of Edwidge Danticat and Dany Laferriere, and of course Alexandre Dumas.

Well, take a look at these different editions….

Can you make out this one? Take a guess!

It’s an Italian version.

This version is the English version, of course.

It’s translated by none other than Langston Hughes himself, a frequent visitor to Haiti.

This has got to be…

The German version…

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT HAITI-RELATED BOOKS.

50 Novels By Haitian Authors Every Haitian-American Should Read

K St. Fort — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 06:41:29 +0000

Are you a bookworm looking to read more books about Haiti, written by Haitian authors? Well, as usual your fave chick Kreyolicious has your back. Presenting…50 Novels By Haitian Authors Every Haitian-American Should Read, and here they are:

1. Aroma of Coffee by Dany Laferriere (trans.ed, 1993)
[Coach House Press]

2. Aunt Resia and the Spirits and Other Stories by Yanick Lahens (2010)
[CARAF Books]

3. Ayiti by Roxane Gay (2011)
[Artistically Declined Press]

4. The Book of Emma by Marie-Celie Agnant (Trans. Ed, 2006)
[Insomniac Press]

5. Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat (1994)
[Soho]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT EDWIDGE DANTICAT!

6. Canape Vert by Phillipe-Thoby and Pierre Marcelin (trans. ed, 1944)
[Farrar & Rhinehart]
Translated by Edward Larocque Tinker

7. Cathedral of the August Heat by Pierre Clitandre (trans. ed, 1987)
[Readers International]
Translated by B. Jones.

8. Children of Heroes by Lyonel Trouillot (2008)
[Bison Books]
Translated by Linda Coverdale

9. Clerise of Haiti by Marie-Therese Labosiere Thomas (2010)
[Trilingual Press]

10. The Colour of Dawn by Yanick Lahens (trans. ed 2016)
[Seren]
Translated by Alison Layland

11. The Company of Heaven by Marilene Phipps-Kettlewell (2010)
[University of Iowa Press]

12. Counts of the Majestic by Gesulla Cavanaugh (2011)
[Creative Space]

13. Dance on the Volcano by Marie Vieux Chauvet (trans. ed 2016, originally pub. 1957)
[Archipelago]

14. The Deadly Rose (The Rose Series) by JM Lominy (2013)
[Five Sons Publishing]

15. The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat (2007)
[Vintage]

16. Drifting by Katia D. Ulysse (2014)
[Akashaic Books]

17. The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat (1999)
[Soho]

18. Festival of the Greasy Pole by Rene Depestre (trans. ed, 1990)
[CARAF Books/University of Virginia Press]
Translated by Carrol F.Coates

19. Fresh Girl by Jaira Placide (2002)
[Wendy Lamb Books]

20. General Sun, My Brother by Jacques Stephen Alexis (Trans. ed, 1999)
[University of Virginia Press]
Translated by Caroll F. Coates

21. God Loves Haiti by Dimitry Elias Leger (2015)
[Amistad]

22. Haiti Noir by Various Authors (2010)
[Akashaic Books]

23. Haiti Noir 2 by Various Authors (2013)
[Akashaic Books]

24. Haitian Laughter by Georges Anglade, (2006)
[Educavision]
Translated by Anne Pease McConnell

25. In the Flicker of an Eyelid by Jacques Stephen Alexis (trans. ed, 2002)
[University of Virginia Press]
Translated by Carrol F. Coates

Be sure to watch the video for the rest of the books on the list!