René Depestre
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 98 |
Date of birth | August 29,1926 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Jacmel |
Haiti | |
Job | Actor |
Poet | |
Activist | |
Awards | Prix Guillaume Apollinaire |
Prix Renaudot | |
Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, Latin America & Caribbean | |
Education | University of Paris |
Nationality | French |
Haitian | |
Books | Hadriana in All My Dreams |
Nominations | Prix Goncourt des Lycéens |
Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1710167 |
René Depestre Life story
René Depestre is a Haitian poet and former communist activist. He is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature. He lived in Cuba as an exile from the Duvalier regime for many years and was a founder of the Casa de las Américas publishing house. He is best known for his poetry.