In 1945, he was elected legislative Assembly member from Martinique, as a member of the Communist party. Later that year he was elected mayor of Fort-de-France. Aim saire remains one of the most famous black contemporary writers. His writings reflect his passion for civic and social engagement. He is the author of a famous Discours sur le colonialisme (1950) first published in the French review Pr sence Africaine.
Aimé Fernand David Césaire (born June 20, 1913) is a Martinican poet, author and politician.
In 1956, after the invasion of Hungary by the Soviet Union, Aimé Césaire announced his resignation from the French Communist Party in a letter to party leader Maurice Thorez.
Aimé Césaire, bibliography, biography, and links (in French), "île en île", City University of New York, 1998-2004.
In 1945Cesaire began his political career when he was elected mayor of Fort-de-France and deputy in the Constituent Assembly on the French Communist Party ticket.
In 1956 AimeCesaire resigned from the French Communist Party and two years later he began the "Parti Progressiste Martiniquais." During these years Cesaire attended two conferences for "Negro Writers and Artists" in Paris.
Cesaire is closely related to the word "negritude," which signifies the fl youth's attempt to maintain a positive racial identity (3).
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