Daniel Maximin (born April 9, 1947) is a

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novelist, poet, and essayist. Born in Saint-Claude, his family moved to France when he was thirteen. He studied at the

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and from 1980 to 1989 served as literary director of the journal ''

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''. He returned to Guadeloupe in 1989 as Regional Director of Cultural Affairs. He was named a knight of the

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in 1993.

Works

* "Sartre Listening to Savages"
''Telos''
44 (Summer 1980). New York: Telos Press. * '' L'Isolé soleil'' (novel), 1981 * '' Soufrières'' (novel), 1987 * '' Lone Sun'', 1989 * '' L'Invention des désirades'' (poetry), 2000 * '' L'Ile et une nuit'' (novel), 2002 * '' Tu, c'est l'enfance'', 2004 (awarded the

Prix Maurice Genevoix The Prix Maurice Genevoix (''Le prix Maurice Genevoix'') is an annual French literary award made in honor of its namesake Maurice Genevoix (1890–1980). It is intended to recognize a French literary work which, by its topic or style, honors the m ...

) * '' Les Fruits du cyclone : Une géopoétique de la Caraïbe'', 2006

Bibliography

*Chaulet-Achour, Christiane. ''La Trilogie caribéenne de Daniel Maximin : Analyse et contrepoint''. Paris, Karthala, 2000. *Kaufman, Janice Horner. ''Daniel Maximin, Hélène Cixous and Aimé Césaire : Creolization, Intertextuality, and Coiled Myth.'' New York, Peter Lang, 2006.

External links

Un entretien avec Daniel Maximin sur RFO Guadeloupe en 2004
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