Patrick Chamoiseau
Patrick Chamoiseau is a French author from Martinique known for his work in the crolit movement.
Chamoiseau was born on December 3, 1953 in FortdeFrance, Martinique, where he currently resides. After he studied law in Paris he returned to Martinique inspired by douard Glissant to take a close interest in Creole culture. Chamoiseau is the author of a historical work on the Antilles under the reign of Napolon Bonaparte and several nonfiction books which include loge de la crolit , coauthored with Jean Bernab and Raphal Confiant. Awarded the Prix Carbet for Antan denfance. His novel Texaco was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1992, and was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. It has been described as a masterpiece, the work of a genius, a novel that deserves to be known as much as Fanons The Wretched of the Earth and Cesaires Return to My Native Land.
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