Edwidge Danticat
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Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or edited several books and has been the recipient of many awards and honors.
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I am from a place, Haiti, that constantly evokes nostalgia in the people who have seen it, lived in it, and loved it “before”...The blessings of our islands are also our curse.
"Dawn After the Tempests" (Nov. 6, 2017)
most of my tourism is done through books.
"Dawn After the Tempests" (Nov. 6, 2017)
This day, more than any other, should remind us that everyone seeking asylum deserves to be treated humanely.
"World Refugee Day" (June 20, 2013)
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Jonathan DemmeAlso in The Agronomist (2004)
Željko IvanekAlso in The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Kimberly EliseAlso in The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Simon McBurneyAlso in The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Tracey WalterAlso in The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Ann DowdAlso in The Manchurian Candidate (2004)About this person
Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or edited several books and has been the recipient of many awards and honors. Her work has dealt with themes of national identity, mother-daughter relationships, and diasporic politics. In 2023, she was named the Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Professor of the Humanities in the department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University.
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