Name Franck Etienne Role Writer | ||
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Born April 12, 1936 (age 88) Ravine-Seche, Haiti ( 1936-04-12 ) Occupation Writer, poet, playwright, painter, musician Notable awards Commander 'Ordre des Arts et Lettres' (2010) Artwork Desastre (12 janvier 2010), Rencontre ou Meeting, Difficile emergence vers la lumiere, Abstract, Le Reve, Le Voyage Nominations Neustadt International Prize for Literature | ||
The greatest living Haitian writer, Franketienne says he knows how he will die
Franketienne (born Franck Etienne on April 12, 1936 in Ravine-Seche, Haiti) is a writer, poet, playwright, painter, musician, activist and intellectual. is recognized as one of Haiti's leading writers and playwrights of both French and Haitian Creole. He has been recently called The father of Haitian letters by The New York Times (April 29, 2011). As a painter, he is known for his colorful abstract works, often emphasizing the colors blue and red. He was a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2009, and was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et Lettres (Order of the Arts and Letters) and was named UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2010.
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- The greatest living Haitian writer Franketienne says he knows how he will die
- Early life
- Selected works
- References
Early life
Franketienne was born in Ravine-Seche, a small village in Haiti. He was abandoned by his father, a very rich American industrialist, at a young age and was raised by his mother in the Bel Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, where she worked as a street merchant to support her eight children, managing to send him, who was the eldest, to school.
Selected works
