Patrick Chamoiseau
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Patrick Chamoiseau was born in 1953 in Fort de France, Martinique, where he now lives. He studied law in Paris. Chamoiseau is the author of a historical work on the Antilles under Bonaparte and two non-fiction works: In Praise of Creoleness (co-author) and To Write in a Dominated Country. His novels include Chronique des sept miseres, Solibo le magnifique and Texaco (for which he was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1992). He has also published a volume of Caribbean folk tales and a two-volume memoir, Childhood and School Days.
External link
- Patrick Chamoiseau (http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/ile.en.ile/paroles/chamoiseau.html), biography, bibliography, interview, and links (in French), "île en île", City University of New York, 2002-2003.