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Edwidge Danticat (pronunciation Ed-WEEDJ Dan-tih-CAH) (b. Port-au-Prince, Haïti, January 19, 1969) is a Haïtian American author.
Early life
When she was two years old, her father André immigrated to New York from Haïti, to be followed two years later by her mother Rose. This left Edwidge to be raised by her aunt and uncle. It was during these years that she was exposed to the Haïtian practice of storytelling. While still in Haïti, Edwidge wrote her first short story about a girl who was visited by a clan of women each night. Although her formal education in Haïti was in French, she always spoke Haïtian Kréyòl at home. At the age of 12, she moved to Brooklyn, New York to join her parents in a heavily Haïtian-American neighbourhood. As an immigrant teenager Edwidge's accent and upbringing were a source of discomfort for her, thus she turned to literature for solace. Two years later she published her first writing, in English.
Education and writing career
After graduating high school, Edwidge entered Barnard College in New York City. Initially she had intended on studying nursing, however her love of writing won out and she received a BA in French literature. Later she earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Her thesis at Brown was her novel Breath, Eyes, Memory, which was published by Soho Press in 1994. This would later become an Oprah's Book Club selection in 1998. More on [ Edwidge Danticat ]
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Going to see Edwidge Danticat and Junot Diaz for The New Yorker Festival with @collinj tonight
Looking forward to seeing Yiyun Li, Junot Diaz, Edwidge Danticat & Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tonight!
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Looking forward to seeing Yiyun Li, Junot Diaz, Edwidge Danticat & Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tonight!
Wed: Colour Me Streisand at Jazz Central, new music for silent film, cello recital, & author Edwidge Danticat all at SU, http://is.gd/qNzL
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Wed: Colour Me Streisand at Jazz Central, new music for silent film, cello recital, & author Edwidge Danticat all at SU, http://is.gd/qNzL
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, by Edwidge Danticat - Essay by Danticat published in _Essence_ magazine, about her 30th birthday and her newborn niece.
Edwidge Danticat - A site with essays about the author written by students of the University of Central Florida.
Edwidge Danticat - Information about Edwidge Danticat and her fiction.
Emory Postcolonial Web: Edwidge Danticat - A comprehensive research site with biographic and bibliographic information, historical background, secondary resources about Danticat's fiction, and other links.
Interview with Edwidge Danticat by Alexander Laurence - An interview with Edwidge Danticat by a Brooklyn arts publication, Free Williamsburg.
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Oprah's Book Club: Edwidge Danticat - Edwidge Danticat's novel _Breath, Eyes, Memory_ was selected for Oprah's Book Club in June 2000.
Meta Description: [ Breath, Eyes, Memory: A Novel by Edwidge Danticat ]
Reader's Guide to Krik? Krak! - With information about Danticat, synopsis of each story.
Reader's Guide to The Farming of Bones - Includes an interview with Edwidge Danticat, synopsis and discussion questions.
Voices From the Gaps: Edwidge Danticat - This site provides biographic and bibliographic information, and secondary sources about Edwidge Danticat, as well as a discussion room.
We are Ugly, but We are Here! - A site devoted to Haitian-born artists Edwidge Danticat and William Coupon. With reviews, interviews, photos, images, and other resources.
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