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Édouard Glissant

エドゥアール・グリッサン

Edowāru Gurissan

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1928-09-21 （Sainte-Marie, Martinique）
Died
2011-02-03 （Paris, France） age 82
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Martinique → Paris → New York

Career

Occupations
writer, poet, philosopher, literary critic
Active Years
1953-2011
Affiliations
Louisiana State University, CUNY Graduate Center, Institut martiniquais d'études, Acoma
Influenced By
Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, Léon Damas, Léopold Senghor, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari
Influenced
Patrick Chamoiseau, Raphaël Confiant
Nominations
Nobel Prize in Literature 1992 (shortlisted)

Education

Lycée Schœlcher
secondary school
Country: France
School where Aimé Césaire studied
Musée de l'Homme
ethnography
Period: 1946頃
Country: France
University of Paris
history and philosophy
Degree: PhD
Country: France
Sorbonne

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Poetics of Relation

1990 Essay

Explores the poetics of relation, opacity, and diversity.

opacityrelationcreolization
Translations
  • trans. Betsy Wing

La Lézarde / The Ripening

1958 Novel

Depicts the political climate in 1940s Martinique.

politicsrevolutionidentity
Translations
  • trans. Frances Frenaye

Caribbean Discourse

1981 Essay

Selected essays on Caribbean discourse.

critique of Négritudeantillanité
Translations
  • trans. Michael Dash

Bibliography

  • Soleil de la conscience (1956)
  • L'Intention poétique (1969)
  • Le Discours antillais (1981)
  • Poétique de la relation (1990)
  • La Lézarde (1958)
  • Le Quatrième siècle (1964)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
defense of opacityrhizome theoryhybridity
Recurring Motifs
identityspacehistorydiversity

Legacy

Influential figure in Caribbean thought, cultural commentary, and Francophone literature. Key figure in postcolonial literature.

Archives

  • Fonds Édouard Glissant, Bibliothèque nationale de France