AKA Aimé-Fernand-David Césaire

Born: 25-Jun-1913
Birthplace: Basse-Pointe, Martinique
Died: 17-Apr-2008
Location of death: Fort-de-France, Martinique
Cause of death: Heart Failure

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Poet

Nationality: Martinique
Executive summary: Return to My Native Land

Wife: Suzanne Roussi (m. 1937, four sons, two daughters)

    High School: Lycée Louis-le Grand, Paris

    French National Assembly (1958-93)
    French National Assembly (1946-56)
    Communist Party France (1946-56)

Author of books:
Cahier d'un retour au pays natal (1939, poetry)
Armes miraculeuses (1946, poetry)
Soleil cou-coupé (1948, poetry)
Corps perdu (1950, poetry)
Discours sur le colonialisme (1955, nonfiction)
Ferrements (1960, poetry)
Cadastre (1961, poetry)
Moi, laminaire (1982, poetry)

Wrote plays:
Et les Chiens se taisaient (1958)
La Tragédie du Roi Christophe (1963)
Une Saison au Congo (1966)

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