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Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle - Edition pédagogique
320 pages
Published April 17, 2026
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Simone Schwarz-Bart
23 books52 followersSimone Schwarz-Bart (née Brumant) is a French novelist and playwright of Gouadeloupean origin.
Simone Brumant was born on January 8, 1938 at Saintes in the Charente-Maritime province of France. Her place of birth is not clear, however, as she has also stated that she was born in Pointe-à-Pitre.
Her parents were originally from Guadeloupe. Her father was a soldier while her mother was a teacher. When the Second World War broke out, her father stayed in France to fight, while she and her mother returned to Guadeloupe.
She studied at Pointe-à-Pitre, followed by Paris and Dakar.
At age 18, while studying in Paris, she met her future husband, André Schwarz-Bart, who encouraged her to take up writing as a career. They married in 1960, and lived at various times in Senegal, Switzerland, Paris, and Guadeloupe.
Schwarz-Bart has at one time run a Creole furniture business as well as a restaurant.
Her husband died in 2006. They have two sons, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, a noted jazz saxophonist, and Bernard Schwarz-Bart.
She currently lives in Goyave, a small village in Guadeloupe.
In 1967, together with her husband, André Schwarz-Bart, she wrote Un plat de porc aux bananas vertes, a historical novel exploring the parallels in the exiles of Caribbeans and Jews. In 1972, they published La Mulâtresse Solitude. In 1989, they wrote a six-volume encyclopaedia Hommage à la femme noire (In Praise of Black Women), to honour the black heroines who were missing in the official historiography.
Despite being mentioned as her husband's collaborator in their works, critics have often attributed full authorship to André Schwarz-Bart, and only his name appears in the French edition of La Mulâtresse Solitude. Her authorship is acknowledged, however, in the English translation of the book.
In 1972, Schwarz-Bart wrote Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle, which is considered one of the masterpieces of Caribbean literature. In 1979, she published Ti jean l'horizon.
Schwarz-Bart has also written for the theatre: Ton beau capitaine was a well-received play in one act.
(from Wikipedia)
Simone Brumant was born on January 8, 1938 at Saintes in the Charente-Maritime province of France. Her place of birth is not clear, however, as she has also stated that she was born in Pointe-à-Pitre.
Her parents were originally from Guadeloupe. Her father was a soldier while her mother was a teacher. When the Second World War broke out, her father stayed in France to fight, while she and her mother returned to Guadeloupe.
She studied at Pointe-à-Pitre, followed by Paris and Dakar.
At age 18, while studying in Paris, she met her future husband, André Schwarz-Bart, who encouraged her to take up writing as a career. They married in 1960, and lived at various times in Senegal, Switzerland, Paris, and Guadeloupe.
Schwarz-Bart has at one time run a Creole furniture business as well as a restaurant.
Her husband died in 2006. They have two sons, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, a noted jazz saxophonist, and Bernard Schwarz-Bart.
She currently lives in Goyave, a small village in Guadeloupe.
In 1967, together with her husband, André Schwarz-Bart, she wrote Un plat de porc aux bananas vertes, a historical novel exploring the parallels in the exiles of Caribbeans and Jews. In 1972, they published La Mulâtresse Solitude. In 1989, they wrote a six-volume encyclopaedia Hommage à la femme noire (In Praise of Black Women), to honour the black heroines who were missing in the official historiography.
Despite being mentioned as her husband's collaborator in their works, critics have often attributed full authorship to André Schwarz-Bart, and only his name appears in the French edition of La Mulâtresse Solitude. Her authorship is acknowledged, however, in the English translation of the book.
In 1972, Schwarz-Bart wrote Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle, which is considered one of the masterpieces of Caribbean literature. In 1979, she published Ti jean l'horizon.
Schwarz-Bart has also written for the theatre: Ton beau capitaine was a well-received play in one act.
(from Wikipedia)
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July 14, 2026
"La femme qui a ri est celle-là même qui va pleurer, et c'est pourquoi on sait déjà, à la façon dont une femme est heureuse, quel maintien elle aura devant l'adversité."
July 23, 2026
Une écriture forte tout en étant poétique sur une lignée de femmes supportant et dépassant les épreuves de la vie. Une occasion de découvrir la littérature caribéenne.
July 5, 2026
Ce roman est une belle découverte, malgré tout je l'aurais davantage apprécié si les explications autour d'événements historiques avaient été plus détaillées (mais cela tient sans doute au fait que J'ADORE les romans historiques). Quoiqu'il en soit, je devrais me renseigner davantage sur l'histoire de l'esclavage pour mieux le comprendre et l'apprécier à sa juste valeur, notamment les dialogues qu'il me faudrait relire avec moins de précipitation (et sans découvrir l'œuvre dans le cadre des programmes scolaires😅).
Je garde en mémoire le personnage de Reine Sans Nom, notamment pour son discours de sagesse et de résilience auquel j'ai été sensible.
Je garde en mémoire le personnage de Reine Sans Nom, notamment pour son discours de sagesse et de résilience auquel j'ai été sensible.
August 3, 2026
La narratrice livre ici une sorte de pour rendre hommage aux femmes de sa lignée depuis l'abolition de l'esclavage en Guadeloupe.
Certaines pages sont magnifiques car elles mêlent des images très poétiques à des portraits de femmes courageuses. Néanmoins c'est une lecture ardue, l'écriture est pétrie de culture créole et riche en symboles. Certains passages m'ont un peu découragée.
Livre au programme du bac.
Certaines pages sont magnifiques car elles mêlent des images très poétiques à des portraits de femmes courageuses. Néanmoins c'est une lecture ardue, l'écriture est pétrie de culture créole et riche en symboles. Certains passages m'ont un peu découragée.
Livre au programme du bac.
July 28, 2026
L’entrée dans la lecture était longue, mais l’écriture poétique a fini par avoir raison de moi (dans le bon sens du terme). Par contre… les lycéen·nes vont devoir s’accrocher un peu.
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