Frankétienne
Encyclopedia
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Haitian creole. As a painter, he is known for his colorful abstract
Abstract art
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works, often emphasizing the colors blue and red.
He was a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2009.
Selected works
- Au Fil du Temps - compilation of poems
- Ultravocal - novel
- Pèlin Tèt - play (written in Haitian Creole)
- Dézafi - novel (first novel written in Haitian Creole)
- Mûr à Crever - novel
- Les Affres d'un Défi - novel
External links
- Frankétienne author profile on Prince Claus Foundation site
- Frankétienne author file at île en île (in French), with biography, bibliography, links and audio recording.
- New York Times article, April 30, 2011