Imatge de l'autor

Edwidge Danticat

Autor/a de Breath, Eyes, Memory

49+ obres 11,129 Membres 341 Ressenyes 46 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti in 1969 and came to America at age twelve to live with her parents in Brooklyn. She studied French literature at Barnard College and received her M.F.A. from Brown University. Her work has achieved both popular and critical acclaim. Breath, Eyes, Memory (1994), mostra'n més her first novel and master's thesis, garnered Danticat a Granta Regional Award for Best Young American Novelist and was chosen as an Oprah Book Club selection, a singular honor. Her collection of short stories Krik? Krak! (1995) was nominated for the National Book Award. Along with awards for fiction from Seventeen and Essence and the 1995 Pushcart Short Story Prize, Danticat was chosen by Harper's Bazaar as "one of 20 people in their twenties who will make a difference," and by the New York Times Magazine as one of "30 Under 30" people to watch. Her second novel, The Farming of Bones (1998), concerns a massacre in Haiti in 1937. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Edwidge Danticat

Breath, Eyes, Memory (1994) 2,881 exemplars
The Farming of Bones (1998) 1,382 exemplars
The Dew Breaker (2004) 1,196 exemplars
Krik? Krak! (1996) 1,192 exemplars
Brother, I'm Dying (2007) 900 exemplars
Claire of the Sea Light (2013) 758 exemplars
Everything Inside: Stories (2019) 329 exemplars
Behind the Mountains (2002) 261 exemplars
The Best American Essays 2011 (2011) — Editor — 225 exemplars
Untwine (1656) 223 exemplars
Eight Days: A Story of Haiti (2010) 222 exemplars
Haiti Noir (2011) — Editor; Col·laborador — 136 exemplars
Haiti Noir 2: The Classics (2013) — Editor; Col·laborador — 44 exemplars
My Mommy Medicine (2019) 37 exemplars
Plunging (2009) 3 exemplars
The Last Mapou (2013) 3 exemplars
Ghosts 2 exemplars
Célimène (2009) 2 exemplars
Water Child [short story] (2000) 2 exemplars
The Coriolis Effect (2002) 2 exemplars
קני הסוכר המרים (2000) 1 exemplars
Dènye Pue Mapou A 1 exemplars
Everything Inside 1 exemplars
The Butterfly's Way 1 exemplars
Duggbryteren 1 exemplars
Coriolis Effect 1 exemplars
Without Inspection 1 exemplars
Island on Fire (1997) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) — Pròleg, algunes edicions18,979 exemplars
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953) — Introducció, algunes edicions5,697 exemplars
The Kingdom of This World (1949) — Introducció, algunes edicions1,185 exemplars
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race (2016) — Col·laborador — 846 exemplars
The Book of Other People (2008) — Col·laborador — 737 exemplars
The Future Dictionary of America (2004) — Col·laborador — 627 exemplars
Brown Girl, Brownstones (1959) — Pròleg, algunes edicions593 exemplars
The Best American Short Stories 2003 (2003) — Col·laborador — 467 exemplars
The Best American Short Stories 2002 (2002) — Col·laborador — 462 exemplars
Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker (2000) — Col·laborador — 354 exemplars
The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books (1997) — Col·laborador — 301 exemplars
Granta 54: Best of Young American Novelists (1996) — Col·laborador — 236 exemplars
Love, Anger, Madness (1968) — Introducció, algunes edicions220 exemplars
The Best American Essays 2000 (2000) — Col·laborador — 212 exemplars
Haiti After the Earthquake (2011) — Col·laborador — 203 exemplars
Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation (2017) — Col·laborador — 175 exemplars
New York Stories (Everyman's Pocket Classics) (2011) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions152 exemplars
The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales (1997) — Pròleg, algunes edicions150 exemplars
Hadriana in All My Dreams (1988) — Pròleg, algunes edicions147 exemplars
Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing (2002) — Col·laborador — 125 exemplars
The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction (2008) — Col·laborador — 122 exemplars
Granta 115: The F Word (2011) — Col·laborador — 113 exemplars
The Best American Essays 2018 (The Best American Series ®) (2018) — Col·laborador — 113 exemplars
The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic (2020) — Col·laborador — 109 exemplars
A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer (2007) — Col·laborador — 105 exemplars
The Granta Book of the American Long Story (1822) — Col·laborador — 98 exemplars
The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker (2021) — Col·laborador — 90 exemplars
Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers (2019) — Col·laborador — 66 exemplars
On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library (2021) — Col·laborador — 60 exemplars
The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story (2021) — Col·laborador — 52 exemplars
Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers (2019) — Col·laborador — 47 exemplars
Massacre River (1989) — Preface, algunes edicions39 exemplars
Mending the World: Stories of Family by Contemporary Black Writers (2003) — Col·laborador — 33 exemplars
In the Flicker of an Eyelid (1959) — Traductor, algunes edicions32 exemplars
Best African American Fiction 2010 (2009) — Col·laborador — 30 exemplars
One World Two: A Second Global Anthology of Short Stories (2016) — Col·laborador — 18 exemplars
These Hands I Know: African-American Writers on Family (2002) — Col·laborador — 8 exemplars
The Shape of Water [2006 film] — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Granta Japan with Waseda Bungaku 02: Best of Young Novelists (2015) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars

Etiquetat

Coneixement comú

Data de naixement
1969-01-19
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
Haiti
USA
Lloc de naixement
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Llocs de residència
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Educació
Barnard College (BA|1990|French literature)
Brown University (MFA|1993|Creative writing)
Professions
author
Organitzacions
New York University (instructor, creative writing)
University of Miami (instructor, creative writing)
Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Foundation (recipient of on-going grant)
Premis i honors
One of "20 people in their twenties who will make a difference" (Harpers Bazaar)
One of "30 under 30" people to watch (New York Times magazine)
One of the "15 Gutsiest Women of the Year" (Jane magazine)
Woman of Achievement Award (1995 ∙ Barnard College)
Lannan Literary Fellowship (2004)
Benjamin H. Danks Award (Fiction ∙ 2005) (mostra-les totes 9)
Granta's Best Of Young American Novelists (1996)
Neustadt International Prize for Literature (2018)
MacArthur Fellow (2009)
Biografia breu
Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti in 1969. She came to the United States when she was twelve years old and, only two years later, published her first writings in English. She holds an undergraduate degree is in French literature from Barnard College and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Brown Unversity. She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Edwidge Danticat's short stories have appeared in 25 periodicals. She won a 1995 Pushcart Short Story Prize as well as fiction awards from several magazines. In addition to her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, winning wide acclaim, her book of short stories, Krik? Krak!, was chosen as a National Book Award finalist in 1995.

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Right away, you know you are in the presence of a great writer when you read the very first short story of Krik? Krak! In "Children of the Sea" two teenagers who are in love keep journals when they are separated by dictatorship. Danticat keeps the two first person narratives clear by using capitalization and punctuation for one voice but not the other. The educated boy, a member of the Youth Federation, has escaped Haiti on a boat bound for Miami, Florida, while his young love (who does not use capitalization of punctuation) is left behind to endure military abuses. This was probably one of my favorites. Each subsequent story builds upon the next with the tiniest of threads. A minute detail will tie one story back to another.
"Nineteen Thirty-Seven" is a painful story about a woman visiting her mother in prison. Her mother is accused of flying. The government believes she is a witch, capable of rising like a bird on fire.
"A Wall of Fire Rising" tells the short but devastating story of a family barely making ends meet.
"Night Women" demonstrates the lengths a woman will go in order to provide for her child.
"Between the Pool and the Gardenias" is another heartbreaking story about loss.
"The Missing Peace" illuminates innocence abandoned.
"Seeing Things Simply" shares the story of an artist looking for beauty while ugliness crowds all around her.
"New York Day Women" demonstrates just how much a mother's love can suffocate a daughter.
"Caroline's Wedding" weaves a tale of expectation in age old customs.
"Women Like Us" is a message to daughters.
"In the Old Days" is an additional story for the twentieth anniversary edition of Krik? Krak! It tells the story of a woman asked to visit her dying father, a man she has never met.
… (més)
 
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SeriousGrace | Hi ha 23 ressenyes més | Jan 15, 2024 |
This is in diary form. She tells her story to through her diary. Living in Haiti with her father gone. Being injured in a bombing. Than dealing with the move to join her father in the US. Well told from a young girls POV.
 
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nx74defiant | Hi ha 11 ressenyes més | Dec 13, 2023 |
Stories like ocean breeze and harsh sun
 
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Readings.of.a.Slinky | Hi ha 23 ressenyes més | Nov 20, 2023 |
Author’s note details her own life in Haiti and emigration to New York. There is also a list of suggested websites and discussion questions
 
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VillageProject | Hi ha 11 ressenyes més | Sep 21, 2023 |

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Estadístiques

Obres
49
També de
57
Membres
11,129
Popularitat
#2,122
Valoració
3.9
Ressenyes
341
ISBN
265
Llengües
13
Preferit
46

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