Died 1995 | ||
Books “Obeah” and Other Martinican Stories | ||
Marie-Magdeleine Carbet, the nom de plume of Anna Marie-Magdeleine, (August 25, 1902 – 1995) was a Martiniquais writer and educator.
She was born in a small village on Martinique and studied at the University of Paris. She taught school in Martinique and then later in Paris and elsewhere in France. In 1937, with a friend, she established the first black Caribbean theatre in Paris. In 1939, she was chosen to collect folklore by the French Overseas ministry. She contributed to the journal Droit et Liberté, associated with MRAP, and to literary journals. Carbet left France for a vacation in Martinique in 1939 and was prevented from returning by the Vichy government. She did not return to France until 1951 and did not resume teaching until 1955. In 1990, she returned to Martinique.
She first began writing in partnership with a friend who was a teacher, Claude Carbet. She adopted the pseudonym Carbet from the name of the Le Carbet district of Martinique.
Carbet was awarded the Grand Prix Humanitaire de France for service to arts and letters.