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Dany Laferrière

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Dany Laferrière (born Windsor Kléber Laferrière, 13 April 1953) is a Haitian-Canadian novelist and journalist who writes in French. [1]

40 relations: Académie française, Black Theatre Workshop, Canadians, Coach House Books, Deutsche Welle, Douglas & McIntyre, English language, Genie Awards, Government of Quebec, Governor General of Canada, Haiku, Haiti, Haitian Canadians, Haitians, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Heading South, How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired, International Literature Award, Isaach de Bankolé, Journalist, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Montreal, National Order of Quebec, New York City, Novelist, Order of Canada, Petit-Goâve, Poetry, Port-au-Prince, Prix Médicis, Prix RFO du livre, Quebec, Richard Sadler, Screenplay, Senegal, The Canadian Encyclopedia, The Guardian, The New York Times, V (TV network), 11th Genie Awards.

Académie française

The Académie française is the pre-eminent French council for matters pertaining to the French language.

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Black Theatre Workshop

Black Theatre Workshop is a professional not-for-profit theatre company based in Montreal, and is Canada's oldest Black theatre company in Quebec.

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Canadians

Canadians (Canadiens / Canadiennes) are people identified with the country of Canada.

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Coach House Books

Coach House Books is an independent Canadian publishing company located in Toronto, Ontario.

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Deutsche Welle

Deutsche Welle ("German wave" in German) or DW is Germany's public international broadcaster.

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Douglas & McIntyre

Douglas & McIntyre is an imprint of the Canadian book publishing firm Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Genie Awards

The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980-2012.

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Government of Quebec

The Government of Quebec (in French, and officially, Le Gouvernement du Québec) refers to the provincial government of the province of Quebec.

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Governor General of Canada

The Governor General of Canada (Gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the.

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Haiku

(plural haiku) is a very short Japan poem with seventeen syllables and three verses.

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Haiti

Haiti (Haïti; Ayiti), officially the Republic of Haiti and formerly called Hayti, is a sovereign state located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea.

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Haitian Canadians

Haitian Canadians are Canadian citizens of Haitian descent or Haiti-born people who reside in Canada.

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Haitians

Haitians (French: Haïtiens, Haitian: Ayisyen) are people affiliated with Haiti.

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Haus der Kulturen der Welt

The Haus der Kulturen der Welt ("House of the World's Cultures") in Berlin is Germany's national centre for the presentation and discussion of international contemporary arts, with a special focus on non-European cultures and societies.

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Heading South

Heading South (Vers le sud) is a 2005 French-Canadian drama film directed by Laurent Cantet and based on three short stories by Dany Laferrière.

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How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired

How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer) is a 1989 French-language Canadian drama film directed by, starring Isaach de Bankolé and Maka Kotto, and written by Haitian author Dany Laferrière based on his novel of the same name.

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International Literature Award

International Literature Award (German: Internationaler Literaturpreis – Haus der Kulturen der Welt) is a German literary award for international prose translated into German for the first time.

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Isaach de Bankolé

Isaach or Isaac de Bankolé (born 12 August 1957) is an Ivorian actor.

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Journalist

A journalist is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information to the public.

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Léopold Sédar Senghor

Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal (1960–80).

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Montreal

Montreal (officially Montréal) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada.

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National Order of Quebec

The National Order of Quebec, termed officially in French as l'Ordre national du Québec, and in English abbreviation as the Order of Quebec, is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Quebec.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Novelist

A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction.

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Order of Canada

The Order of Canada (Ordre du Canada) is a Canadian national order and the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.

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Petit-Goâve

Petit-Goâve (Piti gwav) is a coastal commune in the Léogâne Arrondissement in the Ouest department of Haiti.

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Poetry

Poetry (the term derives from a variant of the Greek term, poiesis, "making") is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.

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Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince (Pòtoprens) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti.

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Prix Médicis

The Prix Médicis is a French literary award given each year in November.

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Prix RFO du livre

The prix RFO du livre was a French literary prize awarded annually from 1995 to 2010 by RFO to a Francophone work of fiction linked to French overseas departments and territories or surrounding geographical and geopolitical zones.

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Quebec

Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.

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Richard Sadler

Richard Sadler (born March 18, 1947 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a producer, scenarist and film director.

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Screenplay

A screenplay or script is a written work by screenwriters for a film, video game, or television program.

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Senegal

Senegal (Sénégal), officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country in West Africa.

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The Canadian Encyclopedia

The Canadian Encyclopedia (abbreviated as TCE) is a source of information on Canada published by Historica Canada of Toronto.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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V (TV network)

V is a Canadian privately owned French language television network.

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11th Genie Awards

The 11th annual Genie Awards were presented March 20, 1990, and honoured Canadian films released the previous year.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dany_Laferrière

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