Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat (born January 19, 1969 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is a Haitian-born American author. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (3,264 × 2,448 pixels, file size: 8. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (3,264 × 2,448 pixels, file size: 8. ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Categories: Caribbean geography stubs | Capitals in North America | Haiti ...

Early life

When she was two years old, her father André immigrated to New York from Haiti, to be followed two years later by her mother Rose. This left Danticat and her younger brother Eliab to be raised by her aunt and uncle. It was during these years that she was exposed to the Haitian practice of storytelling. While still in Haiti, Danticat wrote her first short story about a girl who was visited by a clan of women each night. Although her formal education in Haiti was in French, she spoke Haitian Kréyòl at home. At the age of 12, she moved to Brooklyn, New York to join her parents in a heavily Haitian American neighborhood. As an immigrant teenager Edwidge's accent and upbringing were a source of discomfort for her, thus she turned to literature for solace. Two years later she published her first writing, in English. This article is about the state. ... Haitian Creole (kreyòl ayisyen) is a creole language It is spoken in Haiti by about 8. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... This article is about the state. ... Haitian Americans are Americans of Haitian heritage or immigrants born in Haiti who achieve United States citizenship. ...

Education and writing career

After graduating from high school, Danticat entered Barnard College in New York City. Initially she had intended on studying nursing but her love of writing won out and she received a BA in French literature. Later she earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Her thesis at Brown was her novel Breath, Eyes, Memory, which was published by Soho Press in 1994. This would later become an Oprah's Book Club selection in 1998. Barnard College, founded in 1889, is one of the four undergraduate divisions of Columbia University. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak other traditional non-French languages. ... Creative writing is a term used to distinguish certain imaginative or different types of writing from technical writing. ... Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ... Providence redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... This article is about the literary concept. ... Breath, Eyes, Memory is Edwidge Danticats acclaimed 1994 novel. ... Oprahs Book Club is a book club segment of the American talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, highlighting books chosen by host Oprah Winfrey. ...

Since completing her Masters Degree, Danticat has taught creative writing at both New York University and the University of Miami. She has also worked with filmmakers Patricia Benoit and Jonathan Demme on projects on Haitian art and documentaries about Haïti. Her short stories, eg. "New York Day Woman", have appeared in over 25 periodicals and have been anthologized several times. Her work has been translated into numerous other languages including French, Korean, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish. New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ... This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. ... Jonathan Demme (born February 22, 1944, in Baldwin, New York) is an American film director, producer and writer. ...

"The Farming of Bones" was dramatised as a Radio 4 serial in 2006, but received a poor critical reception.

Danticat is proud of her Haitian ancestry and returns often to Haiti to visit relatives.

Works

• Breath, Eyes, Memory (1994)
• Krik? Krak! (1995)
• The Farming of Bones (1998)
• Behind the Mountains (2002, part of the First Person Fiction series)
• The Dew Breaker (2004)
• Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490 (2005, part of The Royal Diaries series)
• Brother, I'm Dying (2007)

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Awards

• 1994 Fiction Award The Caribbean Writer
• 1995 Woman of Achievement Award, Barnard College
• Pushcart Short Story Prize for "Between the Pool and the Gardenias"
• National Book Award nomination for Krik? Krak!
• 1996 Best Young American Novelists for Breath, Eyes, Memory by GRANTA
• Lila-Wallace-Reader's Digest Grant
• 1999 American Book Award for The Farming of the Bones
• The International Flaiano Prize for literature
• The Super Flaiano Prize for The Farming of the Bones
• 2005 The Story Prize for "The Dew Breaker"

Danticat has also won fiction awards from Essence and Seventeen Magazines, was named "1 of 20 people in their twenties who will make a difference" in Harpers Bazaar, was featured in New York Times Magazine as one of "30 under 30" people to watch, and was called one of the "15 Gutsiest Women of the Year" by Jane Magazine. Oprah's Book Club made Breath, Eyes, Memory a book of the month for May 1998. Essence is an American fashion, lifestyle and entertainment magazine. ... Seventeen is an American magazine for teenage girls. ... Harpers Bazaar is a world-renowned fashion magazine. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... Jane was an American magazine created to appeal to the women who grew up reading Sassy Magazine, both of which were founded by Jane Pratt. ... Oprahs Book Club is a book club segment of the American talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, highlighting books chosen by host Oprah Winfrey. ...

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External links

• Interview with Edwidge Danticat E. Ethelbert Miller, Foreign Policy in Focus October 16, 2007

Video

• Interview from Democracy Now! program, October 5, 2007