Patrick Chamoiseau

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Patrick Chamoiseau


Born
in Fort-de-France, Martinique
December 03, 1953


Patrick Chamoiseau is a French author from Martinique known for his work in the créolité movement.

Chamoiseau was born on December 3, 1953 in Fort-de-France, Martinique, where he currently resides. After he studied law in Paris he returned to Martinique inspired by Édouard Glissant to take a close interest in Creole culture. Chamoiseau is the author of a historical work on the Antilles under the reign of Napoléon Bonaparte and several non-fiction books which include Éloge de la créolité (In Praise of Creoleness), co-authored with Jean Bernabé and Raphaël Confiant. Awarded the Prix Carbet (1990) for Antan d’enfance. 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
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Texaco

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3.96 avg rating — 1,111 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions
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Slave Old Man

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3.91 avg rating — 1,106 ratings — published 1997 — 16 editions
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Solibo Magnificent

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3.65 avg rating — 696 ratings — published 1988 — 16 editions
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School Days

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3.76 avg rating — 389 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions
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Creole Folktales

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3.97 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 1988 — 11 editions
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Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows

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3.73 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 1986 — 11 editions
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Frères migrants

3.80 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2017 — 8 editions
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Antan d'enfance (Une enfanc...

3.73 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions
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L’Empreinte à Crusoé

3.41 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions
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Le Papillon et la Lumière

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“Their eyes had seen so much that they no longer distinguished between dream and reality. And they had so few illusions they were through asking questions of anyone, even of themselves.”
Patrick Chamoiseau, Creole Folktales

“Some people are like that: they are made of goodness, their every look spreads tenderness, and from their hands caresses fall all the year round.”
Patrick Chamoiseau, Creole Folktales

“La difficulté n'est pas d'espérer mais de demeurer capable de fasciner l'inespéré.”
Patrick Chamoiseau

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