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Caribbean Writer On Line TWO HAITIAN POETS - Rene Depestre
René Depestre was born in Jacmel, Haiti on August 29, 1926. His work has been published in the United States, the former Soviet Union, France, Italy, Cuba, Peru, Brazil, Vietnam, Argentina, and Mexico. His first volume of poetry; Sparks (Eincelles) was published in Port-au-Prince in 1945. Other publications include Gerbe de sang (Port-au-Prince, 1946), Vegetation de clartés, preface by Aimé Cé saire, (Paris, 1951), Traduit du grand large, poeme de ma patrie enchainée, (Paris, 1952), Minerai noir, (Paris, 1957), Journal d'un animal marin (Paris, 1964), Un arc-en-ciel pour l'occident chretien poeme mystere vaudou, (Paris, 1966). [eng] |
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Rene Depestre par Blaise Rosnay, Club des Poetes
René Depestre débuta son trajet poétique à Jacmel, dans l'île de Haïti. Il est issu d'une famille peu fortunée ayant juste assez pour vivre et pour permettre à leur enfant d'aller à l'école. Les jeunes années du poète sont placées sous le signe du merveilleux (à Haïti, le vaudou fait bon ménage avec le christianisme). Les arbres, la mer, et la beauté des petites cousines sont les soucis principaux d'une enfance d'où la notion de péché originel est absente. Une vie familiale harmonieuse, une vie matérielle supportable, et le merveilleux d'être au monde malgré cette misère alentour qui nuit un peu à la beauté du tableau mais pas à la vocation du poète. [fra] |
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Writers of the Caribbean - Rene Depestre
René Depestre was born in Haiti in 1926 and began his poetic way with Jacmel, in the island of Haiti. He lived in Cuba as an exile from the Duvalierregime for many years and was a founder of the Cassa de las Americas publishing house. He is best known for his poetry. The youths of the poet are placed under the sign of marvellous (in Haiti, the voodoo does good housework with Christianity). He now resides in France. [eng] |
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