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Haiti - FLASH : Dany Laferrière elected to the French Academy
12/12/2013 11:05:25

Haiti - FLASH : Dany Laferrière elected to the French Academy
In a statement issued by the French Academy, has confirmed that the Haitian writer Mr. Dany Laferrière was elected on the first ballot for the chair of Mr. Hector Bianciotti (Chair 2).

"The French Academy (23 voters), at its meeting on Thursday, December 12, 2013, proceeded to the election of the chair of Mr. Hector Bianciotti (Chair 2). Votes cast in the first ballot are :

Mrs Catherine Clément : 3
Mr. Yves Delaporte : 0
Mr. Dany Laferrière : 13
Mr. Arthur Pauly : 1
Mr. Jean-Claude Perrier : 4
Mr. Georges Tayar : 0

Blank votes : 1
Blank ballots marked with a cross : 1

Mr. Dany Laferrière is elected in the first ballot."


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.

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