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iciHaiti - Literature : Tribute to Frankétienne
29/04/2018 09:05:20

iciHaiti - Literature : Tribute to Frankétienne
To mark the 82 years of existence of the Father of Spiralism (Literary Movement), in the literary and artistic production of the country, the National Library of Haiti (BNH) pays tribute to Frankétienne by dedicating him several weeks of activities. A talk with the writer took place on Thursday https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-24197-icihaiti-invitation-chat-with-franketienne.html , at the Auditorium of the BNH in the presence of a passionate public and young students came different schools in Port-au-Prince.

In her welcoming remarks, Franceline Cadet Obas, the Director General of the BNH, praised the immensity of the talent of Frankétienne, 7 times nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature, which she presented as a living heritage of contemporary letters Haitian "It is with great joy and emotions that we receive the writer, Frankétienne, at the National Library for this tribute evening."

During this evening Frankétienne told his childhood, his adolescence, his fighting liberals to his understanding of the world and the universe, convinced that nothing is lost, nothing is created, but everything is subject to the power of the energy which is the constancy of the spirit and the matter and that the 'Universe is a whole and indivisible'."

His biggest dream ? Get the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Learn more about Frankétienne :
Born April 12, 1936, to Ravine Sèche, communal section Poteneau of the town of Grande Saline, in the Artibonite Department, of his real name "Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck Étienne d'Argent" (Frankétienne) is a poet, painter, actor, and co-founder of the literary movement "spiralisme" [founded in Frankétienne 1965 by Frankétienne, René Philoctète later joined by Jean-Claude Fignolé]. He is the author of more than fifty literary works and laureate of many prestigious awards, raised to the rank of Commander in the French Order of Arts and Letters in 2010 and nominated seven times for the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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