Martinique

Aimé Césaire
Born: 25 JUN 1913 -- Basse-Pointe, Martinique
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Poet, politician
Achievements:
  1. Laporte Prize (1960)
  2. Viareggio-Versilia Prize (1968)
  3. National Grand Prize for Poetry (1982)
  4. Organized the first congress of Black Writers and Artists (Paris, 1956)

Edouard Glissant
Born: 21 SEP 1928 -- Sainte-Marie, Martinique
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: -- Prose writer poet, dramatist
Achievements:
  1. Co-founder of Front Antillo Guyanais (c. 1959)
  2. Founder and director of the Institut Martiniquais d'Etudes (1967)
  3. Renaudot Prize (1958)
  4. Veillon Prize (1965)