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Yanick Lahens (born 22 December 1953, Port-au-Prince) is a Haitian Francophone writer, novelist, teacher, and lecturer. She became a Prix Femina laureate in 2014.
Yanick Lahens, née le 22 décembre 1953 à Port-au-Prince en Haïti, est une écrivaine haïtienne, lauréate de l'édition 2014 du prix Femina pour son roman Bain de lune. Elle est titulaire de la chaire « Mondes Francophones » au Collège de France et a prononcé sa leçon inaugurale intitulée « Urgence(s) d’écrire, rêve(s) d ...
Apr 6, 2021 · A major figure in Haitian literature today, Yanick Lahens was born in Port-au-Prince, where she returned after attending school and university in France. Author of essays, short stories and novels, she has won many awards, including the prestigious Prix Fémina in 2014, for Bain de lune (Moonbath).
Yanick Lahens lives in Haiti. She was born in Port au Prince before moving to France where she was educated at the Sorbonne. Her writing is uncompromising in its portrayal of life in the Caribbean.
Née en 1953 en Haïti, la femme de lettre engagée Yanick Lahens grandit dans une famille de femmes, nourrie de culture et marquée par la prise de pouvoir de Duvalier. A 15 ans, elle part faire ses études en France, où elle découvre l’occultation de l’histoire de Saint-Domingue dans les écoles françaises, en même temps que Paris ...
Yanick Lahens lives in Haiti. She is the author of three short-story collections, including Tante Réisa et les dieux, La petite corruption, and La folie était venue avec le pluie, and two award-wining novels, Dans la maion du père and La couleur de l’aube.
Yanick Lahens. Yanick Lahens lives in Haiti. She was born in Port au Prince before moving to France where she was educated at the Sorbonne. Her writing is uncompromising in its portrayal of life in the Caribbean.
