Edwidge Danticat

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Haitian-American writer children's writer essayist memoirist novelist person short story writer writer

Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian-American author renowned for her powerful explorations of Haitian history, diaspora, and identity in works such as "Breath, Eyes, Memory" and "Krik? Krak!".

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Label Occurrences
Edwidge Danticat canonical 4
Danticat 1
Edwidge 1

Statements (53)

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instanceOf Haitian-American writer ⓘ
children's writer ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activeIn 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
awardReceived American Book Award ⓘ
Dayton Literary Peace Prize ⓘ
MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ
countryOfBirth Haiti ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1969-01-19 ⓘ
degree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
Master of Fine Arts ⓘ
educatedAt Barnard College ⓘ
Brown University ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Haitian ⓘ
familyName Edwidge Danticat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Danticat
fieldOfWork Haitian history ⓘ
diaspora studies ⓘ
literature ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
genre fiction ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
givenName Edwidge Danticat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edwidge
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Haitian Creole ⓘ
movement Caribbean literature ⓘ
Haitian diaspora literature ⓘ
name Edwidge Danticat self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
Haitian ⓘ
notableFor depictions of diaspora and migration ⓘ
explorations of Haitian history ⓘ
themes of identity and exile ⓘ
notableWork Breath, Eyes, Memory ⓘ
Brother, I'm Dying ⓘ
Claire of the Sea Light ⓘ
Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work ⓘ
Krik? Krak! ⓘ
Krik? Krak! ⓘ
surface form: Krik? Krak! : Stories

The Dew Breaker ⓘ
The Farming of Bones ⓘ
placeOfBirth Port-au-Prince ⓘ
residence United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

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Neustadt International Prize for Literature → notableLaureates → Edwidge Danticat ⓘ
National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters → notableRecipient → Edwidge Danticat ⓘ
Edwidge Danticat → name → Edwidge Danticat self-link ⓘ
Edwidge Danticat → givenName → Edwidge Danticat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edwidge
Edwidge Danticat → familyName → Edwidge Danticat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Danticat
Langston Hughes Medal → notableRecipient → Edwidge Danticat ⓘ