biography
pronunciation:
[gleesã]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1928– )
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| biography:
| French-speaking Caribbean poet and novelist, born in Martinique. His poems and novels record the struggle of African culture against colonialism. A follower of the poet Aimé Césaire, his own novel La Lézarde (1958) won the Prix Théophraste Renaudot. Other works include a play about the Haitian hero Toussaint L'Ouverture, Monsieur Toussaint (1961), and Pays rêvé, pays réel (1985). |
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