Mimi Barthélémy, the ''
nom de plume
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'' of Michèle Armand (May 3, 1939 – April 27, 2013), was a
Haitian writer, actor, storyteller and director.
Life
She was born in
Port-au-Prince and was educated in Haiti
and continued her studies at the
Institute of Political Studies, at
Paris X
Paris Nanterre University (French: ''Université Paris Nanterre''), formerly Paris-X and commonly referred to as Nanterre, is a public research university based in Nanterre, Paris, France. It is one of the most prestigious French universities, ma ...
(Masters in Spanish literature) and at
Paris VIII (Doctorate in Theatre and Cinematography Studies) in France.
[ Barthélémy has also lived in ]Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
, Sri Lanka and North Africa.[
In 1987, she was the host for a series of well-known storytellers at "Le Petit Contoire" in Paris.
In 1989, she received the Becker d’Or from the 3rd Festival d’Acteurs d’Evry for ''La reine des poissons''. In 1992, Barthélémy was awarded the de l'universalité de la langue française for ''La Dernière lettre de l'amiral''. In 2000, she was named a Chevalier in the French National Order of Merit and, in 2001, an Officier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.]Legion of Honour
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.[
Barthélémy died in Paris of a ]heart attack
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at the age of 73.[
]
Selected works
Stories[ ]
* ''Haïti, la perle nue'' (1999)
* ''La création de l’île de la Tortue'' (2005)
* ''Contes d’Haïti'' (2011)
Theatre[ ]
* ''L'autre rive lointaine'' Honduras (1981)
* ''Sebastian goes shopping'' Santa Cruz, California
Santa Cruz ( Spanish for "Holy Cross") is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, in Northern California. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 62,956. Situated on the northern edge of Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz is a po ...
(1983)
* ''Madea'' Paris (1985)
* ''La Cocarde d'Ebène'' Montpellier (1989)
* ''Soldats-marrons'' Ris-Orangis
Ris-Orangis () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.
Inhabitants of Ris-Orangis are known as ''Rissois''.
History
The commune of Ris-Orangis was created in 1793 by the merger of the com ...
(1989)
* ''Une Très belle mort'' Avignon (2000)
Recordings[ ]
* ''La Reine des poissons'' (2010)
* ''Contes d’Haïti''
* ''Dis-moi des Chansons d’Haïti'' (2007)
* ''Vieux Caïman – Contes de grandes îles de la mer Caraïbe'' (2001)
* ''Tendez chanter l’amour'' (1999)
* ''Chantez dansez Haïti Guadeloupe'' (1996)
* ''Chansons et comptines d’Haïti'' (1992)
* ''L’Oranger magique, contes d’Haïti'' (1992)
* ''Légendes du monde entier'' (1992)
References
External links
*
1939 births
2013 deaths
Haitian women dramatists and playwrights
Haitian women short story writers
Haitian short story writers
Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Knights of the Legion of Honour
People from Port-au-Prince
20th-century Haitian dramatists and playwrights
21st-century Haitian dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Haitian women writers
21st-century Haitian women writers
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