Haitian author and Nobel Prize candidate Frankétienne (born Frank Étienne in 1936) recently visited the Dominican Republic to deliver a lecture at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo and to participate in an art exhibition at the Ajoupa Gallery.
Frankétienne, who is a poet, playwright, novelist, painter, and musician, met privately with Ulrick Gaillard, Batey Relief Alliance’s CEO to discuss the organization’s humanitarian work in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Also at the meeting were Batey’s executive director, María Virtudes Berroa, and its medical director, Dr. Raymond Thertulien.
Frankétienne has published more than 30 works in French and Créole, including plays, essays, and poetry collections. Some of his work, written under Haiti’s Duvalier dictatorship, depicts the plight of a segregated and oppressed society that has been a source for the largest migrations in history. He was the founder— with Philoctète and Jean-Claude Fignolé— of the Spiralist movement.
For full article, see http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/poverty/2009/8/13/32907/Nobel-Prize-candidate-learns-of-Batey-Reliefs-work-in-Dominican-Republic
For more information on Frankétienne, see his site http://www.franketienne.com/
For more on Batey Relief Alliance, see http://www.bateyrelief.org/
Photo by Beowulf Sheehan (for PEN American Center) from http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=franketienne&w=1053525%40N25&m=pool
[...] in French and Créole, including plays, essays, and poetry collections. [Also see previous post Frankétienne Visits Batey Relief Alliance in Dominican Republic.] As a painter, he is known for his colorful, vibrant, abstract works. Often called a Renaissance [...]
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at 3:21 pm
My name is Yves Girodier. I am so proud of Frank Etienne. He was my teacher thirty years ago when I was in Haiti. He was a formidable source of inspiration for me so that at the age of fifteen I published my first book titled On the sea side of love, Sur les Rives de l amour. I really think he is one the biggest intellectual professor I have ever had in my live. In Venezuela I have already written and get published three editions of ma second book titled INCREDIBLE, BUT TRUE I mean, INCROYABLE MAIS VRAI. I am so far away of being capable of imitating Frank Etienne in relation to the amount of works, pems and essays written by him! But, anyway, I consider he continues being for me the greatest source of inspiration I have ever had in my carrier as a writer.
Yves Girodier
From Venezuela
By: Yves Girodier on November 9, 2011
at 8:08 pm
My name is Yves Girodier. I am so proud of Frank Etienne. He was my teacher in high school thirty years ago when I was in Haiti. He was a formidable source of inspiration for me so that at the age of fifteen 15, I wrote and got published my first book of 25 poems titled On the sea side of love, Sur les Rives de l amour. I really think he is one the biggest intellectual professor I have ever had in my life. In Venezuela, I have already written and get published three editions of my second book titled INCREDIBLE, BUT TRUE. I mean, INCROYABLE MAIS VRAI. I am so far away of being capable of imitating Frank Etienne in relation to the amount of the works, poems and essays written by him! But, anyway, I consider that he continues being for me the greatest source of inspiration I have ever had in my carrier as a writer.
Yves Girodier
From Venezuela
By: Yves Girodier on November 9, 2011
at 8:13 pm