Yanick Lahens (born 22 December 1953,

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...

) is a Haitian

Francophone French became an international language in the Middle Ages, when the power of the Kingdom of France made it the second international language, alongside Latin. This status continued to grow into the 18th century, by which time French was the l ...

writer, novelist, teacher, and lecturer. She became a

Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine '' La Vie heureuse'' (today known as '' Femina''). The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury. They reward French-language works written ...

laureate in 2014.

Biography

Born in Port-au-Prince, Lahens attended high school and university in France before returning to Haiti where she taught until 1995 at the

University of Haiti The State University of Haiti (french: Université d'État d'Haïti (UEH)) is one of Haiti's most prestigious institutions of higher education. It is located in Port-au-Prince. Its origins date to the 1820s, when colleges of medicine and law wer ...

. During the following two years, she served in the office of the Minister of Culture. In 1998, she led the project "Road to slavery". With Jan J. Dominique, Lahens hosts a radio talk show, "Entre Nous". She is affiliated with the Association of Haitian writers, and is a contributor to ''Chemins critiques'', ''Cultura'' and ''Boutures''. Her first novel, ''Dans la maison du père'', was published in 2000. In 2014, she received the Prix Femina for ''Bain de lune''. Lahens plays an active role in the development of her country's culture.

Selected works

* 1990, ''L'Exil : entre l'ancrage et la fuite, l'écrivain haïtien'' * 1994, ''Tante Résia et les Dieux'' * 2000, ''Dans la maison du père'' * 2003, ''La Petite Corruption'' * 2006, ''La folie était venue avec la pluie'' * 2008, ''La Couleur de l'aube'',

Prix RFO du livre The prix RFO du livre was a French literary prize awarded annually from 1995 to 2010 by RFO to a Francophone work of fiction linked to French overseas departments and territories or surrounding geographical and geopolitical zones. List of reward ...

(2009) * 2010, ''Failles'' * 2013, ''Guillaume et Nathalie'' * 2014, ''Bain de lune''

Awards

*2002: LiBeraturpreis, Prix du Salon du livre de Leipzig *2008: Prix Millepages *2009: Prix RFO du livre *2014:

Prix littéraire des Caraïbes The Prix littéraire des Caraïbes (''Caribbean Literary Prize'') is a French literary award which was created in 1964 by l’Association des Écrivains de langue française (Association of French language writers). The award honors a writer from ...

de l'ADELF *2014: Prix Carbet des lycéens *2014:

References

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Yanick Lahens
at 2016

Berlin International Literature Festival The Berlin International Literature Festival (german: internationales literaturfestival berlin) or ''ilb'' is an annual event based in Berlin. Every September, the festival presents contemporary poetry, prose, nonfiction, graphic novels and inte ...

(in German) 1953 births Living people Haitian women novelists Academic staff of the State University of Haiti Haitian writers in French 21st-century Haitian novelists 21st-century Haitian women writers Prix Femina winners {{Haiti-writer-stub