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25/10/2013 10:56:56

At its meeting of Thursday, October 24, 2013, the French Academy has indicated that it had retained the application of Canadian author Dany Laferrière, born in Haiti, and that of writers Arthur Pauly and Jean-Claude Perrier, for chair #2, previously occupied by Hector Bianciotti died in 2012.

The "Immortals" will elect the next academic, Thursday, Dec. 12. Recall for the record that this chair was once occupied by particularly by the famous Alexandre Dumas fils and Montesquieu.

Learn more about Dany Laferrière :

Born in Port-au-Prince April 13, 1953, the novelist, poet, writer and filmmaker Dany Laferrière [Windsor Klébert Laferrière] has left Haiti in 1974 to settle in Quebec. He currently lives between Miami and Montreal. Author of more than twenty books, he received the Prix Medicis in 2009 and the Grand Prix of Montreal Book for his novel "L'Énigme du retour". His first novel, "Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer" published in 1985, was translated into many languages and adapted for the screen. Price RFO in 2002 with his book "Cette grenade dans la main du jeune Nègre est-elle une arme ou un fruit ?" Nominated for the Prix Renaudot with "Vers le Sud" (2006) adapted for cinema. This year, Dany has published "Journal d'un écrivain en pyjama" at Grasset.

TB/ HaitiLibre