About the Author Behind Krik? Krak!
Edwidge Danticat, born on January 19, 1969, in Port-au-Prince is a Haitian American author. She was raised in Haiti by her aunt and uncle because her parents migrated to New York when she was young. Danticat learned in French in Haiti and spoke Creole with her family. Her mother's name is Rose Danticat and her father's name is André Danticat. She has a brother whose name is André Danticat as well.
Still living in Haiti, at the age of nine she starting writing. Just three years later she moved to Brooklyn, New York to reunite with her parents and live in a predominantly Haitian-American neighborhood. This new change pose as a difficulty to her and she was not particularly comfortably with all of her surroundings. It was when she was feeling like this that writing gave her serenity.
Edwidge went to Clara Barton High School, also in Brooklyn. The racism that was present in the United States at the time was not something she was aware of until she got out of her Haitian community to attend Barnard College for nursing. Going in, nursing is what Danticat thought she wanted to pursue, however her passion for writing over took her, and she ending up getting a bachelor of arts in French literature. Later, she went to Brown University and received a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.
Many of her writings include themes of a relationship between a mother and daughter and national identity. Some of her popular books include Krik? Krak!, Breath Eyes Memory, The Dew Breaker, Claire of the Sea Light, Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work, Untwine, and Brother I'm Dying. Throughout her career, she has received many awards/honors. Her five most recent awards/honors include an honorary degree from Smith College (2012), and honorary degree from Yale University (2013), the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for Claire of the Sea Light (2014), honorary doctor of letters degree from the University of the West Indies Open Campus (2017), and Neustadt International Prize for Literature (2017).
Currently she is married to Fedo Boyer and has two daughters, Mira Boyer and Leila Boyer.
Sources
“Edwidge Danticat.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Jan. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwidge_Danticat.
“Edwidge Danticat.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 9 July 2015, www.biography.com/people/edwidge-danticat.
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Still living in Haiti, at the age of nine she starting writing. Just three years later she moved to Brooklyn, New York to reunite with her parents and live in a predominantly Haitian-American neighborhood. This new change pose as a difficulty to her and she was not particularly comfortably with all of her surroundings. It was when she was feeling like this that writing gave her serenity.
Edwidge went to Clara Barton High School, also in Brooklyn. The racism that was present in the United States at the time was not something she was aware of until she got out of her Haitian community to attend Barnard College for nursing. Going in, nursing is what Danticat thought she wanted to pursue, however her passion for writing over took her, and she ending up getting a bachelor of arts in French literature. Later, she went to Brown University and received a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.
Many of her writings include themes of a relationship between a mother and daughter and national identity. Some of her popular books include Krik? Krak!, Breath Eyes Memory, The Dew Breaker, Claire of the Sea Light, Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work, Untwine, and Brother I'm Dying. Throughout her career, she has received many awards/honors. Her five most recent awards/honors include an honorary degree from Smith College (2012), and honorary degree from Yale University (2013), the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for Claire of the Sea Light (2014), honorary doctor of letters degree from the University of the West Indies Open Campus (2017), and Neustadt International Prize for Literature (2017).
Currently she is married to Fedo Boyer and has two daughters, Mira Boyer and Leila Boyer.
Sources
“Edwidge Danticat.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Jan. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwidge_Danticat.
“Edwidge Danticat.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 9 July 2015, www.biography.com/people/edwidge-danticat.
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