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Edition 32 (2006) Winner
Dany Laferrière
ダニ・ラフェリエール
Dany Laferrière
Aliases:
Windsor Klébert Laferrière
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1953-04-13 （Port-au-Prince, Haiti）
- Nationality
- Haitian, Canadian
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti → Petit-Goâve, Haiti → Montreal, Canada → Paris, France → Miami, United States
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Journalist, Filmmaker
- Active Years
- 1976-
- Affiliations
- Académie française
- Memberships
- Académie française, Seat No. 2
- Nominations
- Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Prix Médicis | The Enigma of the Return | — | — | winner |
| 2014 | International Literature Award | The Return | — | House of World Cultures | winner |
| 2015 | Order of Canada | — | Officer | Government of Canada | officer |
| 2014 | National Order of Quebec | — | Officer | Government of Quebec | officer |
| 2016 | Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award | — | — | Black Theatre Workshop | winner |
Prix Médicis
2009
Work:
The Enigma of the Return
Result:
winner
International Literature Award
2014
Work:
The Return
Organization:
House of World Cultures
Result:
winner
Order of Canada
2015
Category:
Officer
Organization:
Government of Canada
Result:
officer
National Order of Quebec
2014
Category:
Officer
Organization:
Government of Quebec
Result:
officer
Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award
2016
Organization:
Black Theatre Workshop
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Prix Médicis
1 appearances
Works
Major Works
How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
1985 NovelA satirical novel about a Black immigrant's sexual adventures.
RaceSexImmigration
Adaptations
- [Film] How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired / Jacques W. Benoit (1990)
Translations
- English translation available
Bibliography
- How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
- Eroshima
- An Aroma of Coffee
- Dining with the Dictator
- Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex?
- A Drifting Year
- Down Among the Dead Men
- Heading South
- I Am a Japanese Writer
- The Enigma of the Return
- The World is Moving Around Me
Adaptations
- How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (film, 1990)
- On the Verge of a Fever (film, 2004)
- Heading South (film, 2005)
- Voodoo Taxi (screenplay, 1991)
- How to Conquer America in One Night (film director, 2004)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Poetic proseHaiku-like structures
- Recurring Motifs
- Return to HaitiEroticismIdentity
Legacy
Haitian-Canadian author highly regarded in French literature, first Haitian, Canadian, and Quebecer elected to the Académie française.
Museums
In Popular Culture
- Statue outside Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal
Trivia
- First Haitian, first Canadian, and first Quebecer in the Académie française