Raphaël Confiant

Raphaël Confiant ( born January 25, 1951 in Le Lorrain, Martinique ) is a Creole writer.

Life

Raphaël Confiant completed his schooling in Fort-de -France and then studied English and political science at the Institut d' études politiques ( University of Aix en Provence). Already during his studies he was a strong advocate of the French Creole.

From 1979, he was entrusted with a teaching position at the Université des Antilles et de la Guyane. 1981 Confiant was instrumental in the founding of the Creole weekly " Antilla " in which he has since published regularly. At this time Confiant debuted as a writer. His first works he published in Creole language and for printing costs out of pocket, as the local publishers not to publish an unknown author otherwise were ready. After initial successes Confiant could then 1988 to present with Eau de Café his first novel in French.

As " chabin " which people "black" descent and fair skin are referred to in Creole, Confiant determines its identity as a Creole. Together with the writers Jean Bernabé and Patrick Chamoiseau initiated Confiant the Créolité; a literary counter-movement or a Aimé Césaire's negritude counterpoint to. Prelude to 1989 was their " Eloge de la créolité ".

Politically, Confiant engaged in the local party Bâtir le Pays Martinique (BPM).

Awards

Works (selection)

In Creole language

• Jik Deye do Bondye. Nouvelles. Éditions djok, o.o., 1977
• Jou Baré. Poèmes. C.I.F., Pointe -à- Pitre, Guadeloupe 1982
• Bitako -a. Novel. Éditions du Groupe d' Etudes et de Recherches en Espace Créolophone ( GEREC ), Martinique 1985
• KOD Yanm. Novel. Éditions K.D.P., Fort -de -France 1986
• Marisosé. Novel. Presses universitaires créoles, Petit -Bourg, Guadeloupe 1987

In French

• Le Nègre et l' Amiral. Novel. Grasset, Paris 1988
• Eau de café. Novel. Grasset, Paris 1991
• Ravines du devant- jour. Récit. Gallimard, Paris 1993
• L' Allée des Soupirs. Novel. Grasset, Paris 1994
• Commandeur du sucre. Récit. Écriture Éditions, Paris 1994
• Le governor of dés. Récit. Éditions Stock, Paris 1995 ( = French translation of KOD Yanm )
• Le Meurtre du Samedi Gloria. Novel. Editions Mercure de France, Paris 1997
• Chimère d' en ville. Novel. Ramsay, Paris 1997 ( = French translation of Bitako -a)
• Mamzele Libellule. Novel. Éditions Le Serpent à plumes, Paris 1995 ( = French translation of Marisosé )
• La Dernière Java de Mama Josépha. Récit. Mille et une nuits, Paris 1999
• La Panse du chacal. Novel. Editions Mercure de France, Paris 2004
• Trilogy Tropicale. Éditions Mémoire d' encrier, Montreal 2006 Le bassin of ouragan, 1994
• La savane of pétrifications, 1995
• La baignoire de Joséphine, 1997

In German translation

• The Whisper of Zamanas. Roman ( " Ravines du devant- jour" ). Translated by Volker smoke. Manholt, Bremen 1995, ISBN 3-924903-38-7.
• Island on the wind. Roman ( " Eau de Café "). Krüger, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-8105-0314-2.
• The butterfly costume. Roman ( " Mamzell Libellule "). Manholt, Bremen 1998, ISBN 3-924903-23-9.
• Murder on Holy Saturday ( " Le meurtre du Samedi Gloria "). Joke, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-502-51779-7.

Translation into Creole

• Moun - Andéwò a ( translation of L' Etranger by Albert Camus ). CaraïbEditions, Lamentin, Martinique 2012

Cultural, literary and linguistic contributions

• Eloge de la créolité. Essai. Gallimard, Paris, 1989 ( with Jean Bernabé and Patrick Chamoiseau )
• Lettres créoles. Tracées Antillaises et de la littérature continentales. Martinique - Guadeloupe - Guyane - Haiti, 1635 - 1975 Éditions Hatier, Paris, 1991 ( with Patrick Chamoiseau )
• Aimé Césaire, une traversée paradoxical du siècle. Éditions Stock, Paris, 1993

Writings on politics

• Chronique d'un empoisonnement annoncé. Le scandale du chlordecone aux Antilles françaises, 1972-2002. L' Harmattan, Paris 2007 ( with Louis Boutrin )
• Chlordecone. 12 mesures pour sortir de la crise. L' Harmattan, Paris 2007 ( with Louis Boutrin )