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Aimé Césaire

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Martinican writer, poet and politician (1913-2008)

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Aimé Fernand David Césaire was an Afro-Martinican French poet, author, and politician. He was one of the founders of the Négritude movement in Francophone literature and coined the word "négritude" in French.

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1994America Award in Literature
1968Viareggio-Versilia International Prize
Grand prix national de la poésie

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Aimé Fernand David Césaire was an Afro-Martinican French poet, author, and politician. He was one of the founders of the Négritude movement in Francophone literature and coined the word "négritude" in French. He founded the Parti progressiste martiniquais in 1958, and served in the French National Assembly from 1945 to 1993 and as President of the Regional Council of Martinique from 1983 to 1988. He was also the Mayor of Fort-de-France for 56 years, from 1945 to 2001.

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France
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
deceased
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Lived 1913 to 2008 · aged 94
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32 languages

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