Haiti: Marie-Célie Agnant Speaks On Her New Book

by Wadner Pierre - HaitiAnalysis.com

Sat, Jun 14, 2008 9:56AM

New York- Marie-Celie Agnant was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1953 and has been living in Quebec since 1970. Author of poems, romance novels, and short stories, many of her books have been published - "Le Silence comme le sang", 1997, "La dot de Sara", 1995, and "Le Livre d'Emma", 2001, which has been translated into many languages. "Un Alligator nommé Rosa" is her lastest book.

On Sunday, June 8th, 2008 she presented "Un Alligator nommé Rosa" at the office of HaitiLiberte - a Brooklyn based journal of Haitian politics. Many Haitians came from different parts of New York state to attend the reading. After speaking she autographed copies of her book. The novel is a retrospective look at the dictatorship of Jean Claude Duvalier ("Baby Doc") and certain infamous women who worked for the dictator.

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