Josaphat-Robert Large

Josaphat -Robert Large ( * November 15, 1942 in Jérémie, Haiti) is a poet and novelist.

Biography

Josaphat -Robert Large is a poet, a writer and an art critic. His father, Camille Large, was a professor of literature and his mother, Odette Chassagne, a store owner. He studied at the Collège Saint- Martial, at the Collège Saint- Louis and at the high school North -Alexis in his native city. The work of Rimbaud has influenced his early writings. He Verőffentlichte his first collection of poetry, nerfs du vent, in 1975 and his novel, Les terres entourées de larmes de first volume of the trilogy Les empreintes de la vie ( Traces of life ), the Literature Prize of the Caribbean receives in 2003. Josaphat -Robert Large writes in French, English and Haitian Creole. He is a member of La Société des Gens de Lettres de France, the Association of Écrivains de langue française and the Pen Club.

Exile

Because of his participation in a strike by students against the dictator François Duvalier, the author was arrested. After a short time in prison, he eventually went into exile and settled in 1963 in the United States down. In New York he studied English at Columbia University and photography at the New York Institute of Photography. He founded the theater group Kouidor with Hervé Denis, Syto Cavé and Jacques Charlier. Besides his work in the literature, he worked with some opponents of the regime of Duvalier and participated in two invasions. He was arrest twice arrested by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Work

  • Nerfs du vent, Paris 1975
  • Chute de mots, Paris 1989
  • Les sentiers de l' enfer, Paris 1990
  • Pè Sèt! , Miami, 1994-1996
  • Les récoltes de la folie, Paris 1996
  • Les terres de larmes entourées, Paris 2002
  • Keep On Keepin'On, iUniverse New York in 2006
  • Partir sur un coursier de nuages ​​, Paris 2008
  • Rete! Kote Lamesi, Port -au -Prince in 2008
  • EkoDlo, LaGrandans debode, Montreal 2008
  • Echos en fuite, Paris 2010

Drama

  • La voix du bisaïeul ( The voice of the great-grandfather ), director Max Kenol, New York, May 1998

Awards

  • Littéraire Prix des Caraïbes 2003 ( Literature Prize of the Caribbean)
  • Finaliste Prix du Livre d' Ouessant Insulaire ( Fiction ), 2002
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