Edwidge Danticat is the author of
numerous books, including “Claire
of the Sea Light,” a New York Times
notable book; “Brother, I’m Dying,” a
National Book Critics Circle Award
winner and National Book Award
finalist; “Breath, Eyes, Memory,” an
Oprah Book Club selection; “Krik?
Krak!,” a National Book Award finalist;
“The Farming of Bones,” an American
Book Award winner; and “The Dew
Breaker,” a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist
and winner of the inaugural Story
Prize. The recipient of a MacArthur
Fellowship, she has been published in
The New Yorker,
and elsewhere. She lives in Miami.
Then and Now: An Afternoon with Edwidge Danticat
Join us for a lecture by Edwidge Danticat, who will discuss her writing career
and special topics that drove her writings and current books. Danticat was born
in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. At the age of 12, she moved to Brooklyn, New York, to
join her parents in a heavily Haitian-American neighborhood. As an immigrant
teenager, Edwidge’s disorientation in her new surroundings was a source of
discomfort for her, and she turned to literature for solace. Two years later she
published her first writing in English, “A Haitian-American Christmas:
Cremace and Creole Theatre,” in New Youth Connections, a citywide magazine
written by teenagers. She later wrote another story about her immigration
experience for New Youth Connections, “A New World Full of Strangers.” After
graduating from Clara Barton High School in Brooklyn, New York, Danticat
entered Barnard College in New York City. Initially she wanted to become a
nurse, but her love of writing won out and she received a BA in French
literature and received a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Brown
University in 1993.
Book signing to follow the lecture.
Register Early! There is a $5 charge for registering on the day of a one-time lecture or event.
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Monday, October 24 2016 |
| Time: | 1 - 2:30 PM |
| Fee: | $15 / member; $15 / non-member |
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