Ernest Pepin ( fr. Ernest Pépin , September 25, 1950 , Lamantin, Guadeloupe ) - French writer of West Indian descent, politician.
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Biography
He was a teacher, literary critic, journalist in the press and on television, a consultant to UNESCO . Member and then deputy director of the cabinet of the General Assembly of Guadeloupe ( 1985 - 1995 ), head of the culture department of the Assembly (since 2001 ).
Creativity
He made his debut in the book of the verses of Silence of Silence ( 1984 ), but was widely recognized as a novelist after the first novel, The Man with a Stick ( 1992 ). Author of a number of short stories and several books for children.
Artwork
Poems
- Au verso du silence , Paris, L'Harmattan, 1984
- Salve et salive , La Habana, Casa de las Américas, 1991 (French and Spanish)
- Boucans de mots libres / Remolino de palabras libres , La Habana, Casa de las Américas, 1991 (French and Spanish, Casa de las Américas Award)
- Babil du songer , Kourou, Ibis Rouge, 1997
- Africa-Solo , Ivry-sur-Seine, Éditions A3, 2001
- Hurricane, cris d'insulaires , Ed. Desnel, 2005 (with a team of authors)
- Dit de la roche gravée , Montréal, Mémoire d'encrier, 2008
- Pour Haïti , Ed.Desnel, 2010 (with a team of authors)
Novels
- The Man with the Stick / L'Homme-au-bâton, Paris, Gallimard, 1992 ( Caribbean Literature Prize)
- Tambour-Babylon / Tambour-Babel, Paris, Gallimard, 1996
- Tango of Hate / Le Tango de la haine, Paris, Gallimard, 1999 (Nomination for Goncourt Prize and Renodo Prize )
- Cantique des tourterelles, Paris, Écriture, 2004
- L'envers du décor, Du Rocher / Le serpent à Plumes, 2006
- Toxic Island, Desnel, 2010
- Le Soleil pleurait, Vents d'Ailleurs, 2011
- Red Harbor / La Darse rouge, Caraïbeditions, 2011 (detective novel)
Publications in Russian
- Tango of hate. M .: World of books, 2007
Recognition
Book Prize of the French Overseas possessions of France (1997). The holder of the orders of Arts and Literature , "For Merit" and the Legion of Honor .
Literature
- Caribbean creolization: reflections on the cultural dynamics of language, literature, and identity / Kathleen M. Balutansky & Marie-Agnès Sourieau, eds. Gainesville UP of Florida; Barbados: Press University of the West Indies, 1998
- Laenen T. Éloge de la créolité dans la littérature antillaise: le cas d'Ernest Pépin, Université d'Anvers, 1999
Notes
- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .