Frankétienne
Frankétienne | |
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| Born | Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck Étienne d'Argent[1] 12 April 1936 Ravine-Sèche, Haiti |
| Died | 20 February 2025 (aged 88) Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Occupation | Writer, poet, playwright, painter, musician |
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| Spouse | Marie Andrée Etienne[2] |
Frankétienne (born Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck Étienne d'Argent; 12 April 1936 – 20 February 2025) was a Haitian novelist, poet, playwright, and painter.[3][4] He was seen as Haiti's best known writers and playwrights.[5] He was known as the "father of Haitian letters".[6] He was known for writing the first novel to be written entirely in Haitian Creole.[7]
Frankétienne was a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2009. He was named UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2010.[8]
Career
[change | change source]His first novel, Mûr à crever, was published in 1968.[9] Frankétienne's novel, Dézafi (1975), was the first novel written entirely in Haitian Creole.[7][10] It was an allegory about slavery and political oppression.[7]
He began to paint in 1973 and the first exhibition of his paintings took place in Port-au-Prince in 1974.[9] As of 2004, he had made about a thousand paintings.[11] His style was "expressive" and "abstract," often favoring red and blue, the colors of the Haitian flag.[10]
Following his death, Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé said that Frankétienne "carried the soul of Haiti" in his writings.[12]
Death
[change | change source]Frankétienne died in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on 20 February 2025, at the age of 88.[13]
Some works
[change | change source]- Au Fil du Temps (1964)[11]
- Mûr à Crever (1968)[9]
- Ultravocal (1972)[11]
- Dézafi (1975)[11]
- Trofouban (1977)[9]
- Pèlin-Tèt (1978)[11]
- Bobomasouri (1984)[9]
- Kaselezo (1985)[9]
- Totolomannwe (1986)[9]
- Adjanoumelezo (1987)[11]
- L'oiseau-schizophone (1993)[11]
- H'Eros-Chimères (2002)[11]
- Désastre (12 janvier 2010), painting[12]
- Difficile émergence vers la lumière, painting[12]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "L'écrivain et poète haïtien, Frankétienne, est décédé" [The Haitian writer and poet, Frankétienne, has died]. RFI (in French). 21 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ Merriam, Michael W. (2015). "'Haitian Is My Language': A Conversation with Frankétienne". World Literature Today. 89 (2). Translated by Wynnie Lamour: 22–25. doi:10.7588/worllitetoda.89.2.0022. ISSN 0196-3570. JSTOR 10.7588/worllitetoda.89.2.0022.
- ↑ "Frankétienne". Poetry Translation Centre. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ↑ Glover, Kaiama. "Francketienne" (PDF). Hutchins Center for African & African American Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ↑ Douglas, Rachel (16 June 2009). Frankétienne and Rewriting: A Work in Progress. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739136355. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ↑ Archibold, Randal C. (29 April 2011). "A Prolific Father of Haitian Letters, Busier Than Ever". The New York Times. p. A5. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Frankétienne, Father of Haitian Letters, Is Dead at 88". The New York Times. February 27, 2025. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
- ↑ "Haitian writer Frankétienne named UNESCO Artist for Peace". United Nations. 24 March 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Taleb-Khyar, Mohamed B. (1992). "Franketienne". Callaloo. 15 (2): 385–392. doi:10.2307/2931239. ISSN 0161-2492. JSTOR 2931239. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- 1 2 "Haitian literary giant Frankétienne dies at 88". The Haitian Times. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Jonassaint, Jean (2004). "Beyond Painting or Writing: Frankétienne's Poetic Quest". Research in African Literatures. 35 (2): 141–156. ISSN 0034-5210. JSTOR 3821350. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- 1 2 3 Coto, Danica (21 February 2025). "Frankétienne, considered one of Haiti's most important and prolific writers, dies at 88". AP News. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ Louis, Olivier Rony (21 February 2025). "Haïti pleure Franck Étienne : Le Premier ministre salue la mémoire d'un géant de la culture" [Haiti mourns Franck Étienne: Prime Minister salutes the memory of a cultural giant]. Vant Bèf Info (VBI) (in French).
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