Name Guy Tirolien | Role Poet | |
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Died March 8, 1988, Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe | ||
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Guy Tirolien (February 13, 1917 - March 8, 1988) was a Guadeloupean poet. He was born in Point-à-Pitre and died at the age of 71 in Marie-Galante.
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- Guy tirolien 1vie 1histoire
- Guy tirolien l homme poelitique terre de blues tv 2017
- Biography
- Work
- Selected works
- References
Guy tirolien l homme poelitique terre de blues tv 2017
Biography
Guy Tirolen was born in Point-à-Pitre in Guadelope to Furcie Tirolen and Léontine Alméda Colonneau. He was a part of the Négritude ideological movement. He was also a colonial administrator in Cameroon and Mali, where he met several figures of the Harlem Renaissance. However, he was taken prisoner during World War II. Afterwards, he worked as an international civil servant, representing the UN, notably in Mali and Gabon.
Work
Tirolen is known as the author of "Prière d'un petit enfant nègre" (1943), a poem included in his book "Balles d'or" published by Présence Africaine. The poem is about a black child who does not want to go to the white school. He also wrote "Feuilles vivantes au matin" under the same publisher.
Selected works
