Josaphat-Robert Large
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Josaphat-Robert Large is a Haitian-American poet, novelist and art critic. His novel Les terres entourées de larmes [Shore surrounded with tears] won the prestigious Prix littéraire des Caraïbes
(Caribbean literary Prize) in 2003. He was nominated for the Haitian grand Literary Prize of 2004, together with Edwidge Danticat, René Depestre
, Frankétienne
, Gary Klang
, Dany Laferrière
and Leslie Manigat
(Ex President of Haiti
, the winner of the Prize). Large was also one of the finalist at the Ushant
' (Ouessant in French) Literary Contest in 2002.http://jacbayle.club.fr/livres/Nouveau/Large.html. He writes in both French and Haitian Creole. Josaphat-Robert Large is a member of " La Société des Gens de Lettres de France" (Society of French intellectuals), of the "Association des Écrivains de langue française" (Association of writers of French origin) and of the PEN Club America. Josaphat-Robert Large's work is becoming more and more important in the French literary world. The Society of French and francophone teachers of America has organized two colloquium
on his literary production (specially his novels), one at Florida International University
in 2001 and one at Fordham University
in 2006. http://www.fabula.org/actualites/article13777.php. Large also participated in the famous festival Étonnants-Voyageurs in 2007 http://www.etonnants-voyageurs.net/spip.php?article2305 and in 2008, he was one of the author in the great literary opening organized in Port-au-Prince
by the Presses Nationales d'Haiti (National Press of Haiti).
. In New York, he studied English at Columbia University
and photography at New York institute
of Photography
. He is a founding member of La Troupe de Théâtre Kouidor (Theatre group Kouidor) and frequently writes for Haitian Newspapers such as Haiti Progres
, Haïti-en- Marche, le Nouvelliste (Haiti)
and Lire Haiti.
Prix littéraire des Caraïbes
The Prix littéraire des Caraïbes is a French literary award which was created in 1964 by l’Association des Écrivains de langue française . The award honors a writer from one of the French Caribbean islands for an imaginative and elegant prose...
(Caribbean literary Prize) in 2003. He was nominated for the Haitian grand Literary Prize of 2004, together with Edwidge Danticat, René Depestre
René Depestre
René Depestre is a Haitian poet and communist. He lived in Cuba as an exile from the Duvalier regime for many years and was a founder of the Casa de las Americas publishing house. He is best known for his poetry.-Life:...
, Frankétienne
Frankétienne
Frankétienne is an author, poet, playwright, musician and painter. He has written in both French and Haitian creole...
, Gary Klang
Gary Klang
Gary Klang , is a Haitian-Canadian poet and novelist. Since 2007, he is the President of the prestigious “Conseil des Écrivains francophones d’Amérique” . Klang's work is very rich. It includes novels, poetry, short stories and essays...
, Dany Laferrière
Dany Laferrière
Dany Laferrière is a francophone Haitian and Canadian novelist and journalist.Born in Port-au-Prince, Haïti, and raised in Petit Goâve, Laferrière worked as a journalist in Haïti before moving to Canada in 1976...
and Leslie Manigat
Leslie Manigat
Leslie François Saint Roc Manigat was elected president of Haiti by a tightly controlled military held election in January 1988.-In education:...
(Ex President of Haiti
President of Haiti
The President of the Republic of Haiti is the head of state of Haiti. Executive power in Haiti is divided between the president and the government headed by the Prime Minister of Haiti...
, the winner of the Prize). Large was also one of the finalist at the Ushant
Ushant
Ushant is an island at the south-western end of the English Channel which marks the north-westernmost point of metropolitan France. It belongs to Brittany and is in the traditional region of Bro-Leon. Administratively, Ushant is a commune in the Finistère department...
' (Ouessant in French) Literary Contest in 2002.http://jacbayle.club.fr/livres/Nouveau/Large.html. He writes in both French and Haitian Creole. Josaphat-Robert Large is a member of " La Société des Gens de Lettres de France" (Society of French intellectuals), of the "Association des Écrivains de langue française" (Association of writers of French origin) and of the PEN Club America. Josaphat-Robert Large's work is becoming more and more important in the French literary world. The Society of French and francophone teachers of America has organized two colloquium
Colloquium
Colloquium can refer to:* the Parliament of Scotland, called a "colloquium" in Latin records.* any musical piece celebrating birth or distribution of good news, a hymn...
on his literary production (specially his novels), one at Florida International University
Florida International University
Florida International University is an American public research university in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States, with its main campus in University Park...
in 2001 and one at Fordham University
Fordham University
Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
in 2006. http://www.fabula.org/actualites/article13777.php. Large also participated in the famous festival Étonnants-Voyageurs in 2007 http://www.etonnants-voyageurs.net/spip.php?article2305 and in 2008, he was one of the author in the great literary opening organized in Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
by the Presses Nationales d'Haiti (National Press of Haiti).
Exile
Josaphat-Robert Large left Haiti at the end of 1963,after being arrested during a student strike against the regime of Papa Doc DuvalierFrançois Duvalier
François Duvalier was the President of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. Duvalier first won acclaim in fighting diseases, earning him the nickname "Papa Doc" . He opposed a military coup d'état in 1950, and was elected President in 1957 on a populist and black nationalist platform...
. In New York, he studied English at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and photography at New York institute
Institute
An institute is a permanent organizational body created for a certain purpose. Often it is a research organization created to do research on specific topics...
of Photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
. He is a founding member of La Troupe de Théâtre Kouidor (Theatre group Kouidor) and frequently writes for Haitian Newspapers such as Haiti Progres
Haiti Progres
Haiti Progrès is a weekly newspaper founded in 1983 that focuses on news concerning Haiti. It is published in Brooklyn, New York, and has offices in Port-au-Prince. Its main edition is in French, but it also publishes in English and Kreyòl....
, Haïti-en- Marche, le Nouvelliste (Haiti)
Le Nouvelliste (Haiti)
Le Nouvelliste is a French-language daily newspaper printed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and distributed throughout the country, particularly the capital and 18 of the country's major cities....
and Lire Haiti.
Selected works
- Nerfs du vent – Compilation of Poems, Paris, 1975
- Chute de mots – Compilation of Poems, Paris, 1989
- Les sentiers de l'enfer – Novel, Paris, 1990
- Pè Sèt ! – Compilation of Poems Written in Creole, Miami, 1994, reed. 1996
- Les récoltes de la folie – Novel, Paris, 1996
- Les terres entourées de larmes – Novel, Paris, 2002
- Keep On Keepin'On, English translationTranslationTranslation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
of Pè Sèt ! by Jack HirschmanJack HirschmanJack Hirschman is an American poet and social activist who has written more than 50 volumes of poetry and essays.-Biography:...
, iUniverseIUniverseiUniverse, founded in October 1999, is a self-publishing company, co-located with AuthorHouse in Bloomington, Indiana. Publishers Weekly notes iUniverse has partnerships with The Writers' Club and the Writer's Digest .-History:iUniverse initially focused on business-to-consumer print-on-demand...
, 2006 - Rete! Kote Lamèsi – Novel written in Haitian Creole, Port-au-PrincePort-au-PrincePort-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
, 2008. - Partir sur un coursier de nuages – Novel, Paris, 2008.
- Échos en fuite – Compilation of Poems, Paris, 2010
- Istwa Nanm Mwen – Compilation of Poems Written in Haitian Creole, Port-au-PrincePort-au-PrincePort-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
, 2010
Compact Discs
- Eko Dlo [LaGrandans debòde] – Poems in Creole with background music by Haitian pianist Eddy Prophète, Montréal, 2006
- 5 Années de Textes et de Chansons des Vendredis littéraires, Poems in French and in Creole by FrankétienneFrankétienneFrankétienne is an author, poet, playwright, musician and painter. He has written in both French and Haitian creole...
, Lyonel Trouillot, Claude Pierre and Josaphat-Robert Large, August 2000.
Short Story
- Rosanna – Mystery fictionMystery fictionMystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
in "Haiti Noir", Edited by Edwidge Danticat, Akashic BooksAkashic BooksAkashic Books is a Brooklyn-based independent publisher. Akashic Books' collection began with Arthur Nersesian's THE FUCK UP in 1996, and has since expanded to include Dennis Cooper's "Little House on the Bowery" series , Chris Abani's Black Goat poetry series, and the internationally successful...
, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, 2011
Selected Articles
- Frantz-Antoine Leconte: Sur les traces de Josaphat-Robert Large, ColloquiumColloquiumColloquium can refer to:* the Parliament of Scotland, called a "colloquium" in Latin records.* any musical piece celebrating birth or distribution of good news, a hymn...
at Fordham UniversityFordham UniversityFordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
, March 2006. - Hugues St-Fort: Histoire et Discours dans les Terres entourées de larmes de J-R Large, ColloquiumColloquiumColloquium can refer to:* the Parliament of Scotland, called a "colloquium" in Latin records.* any musical piece celebrating birth or distribution of good news, a hymn...
at Fordham UniversityFordham UniversityFordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
, March 2006 - Robenson Bernard: Un Roman ardent et lumineux, Le Nouvelliste, August 2008
- Jean-Claude Charles: Un vrai écrivain dans la fausse maison de Mickey MouseMickey MouseMickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio. Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves...
, Haiti-en-Marche #13, March 1996 - Lyonel Trouillot: Lamèsi entre Rêve et Réalité,http://www.lematinhaiti.com/Article.asp?ID=16498 Le Matin, December 22–29, 2008
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Awards
- Prix littéraire des Caraïbes 2003 [Caribbean literary Prize] given by L'Association des Ecrivains de langue française (The Association of French writers)
- Finaliste Concours Ouessant, 2002 (Finalist UshantUshantUshant is an island at the south-western end of the English Channel which marks the north-westernmost point of metropolitan France. It belongs to Brittany and is in the traditional region of Bro-Leon. Administratively, Ushant is a commune in the Finistère department...
literary contest, in August 2002). - Nominated for Haitian Grand Literary Prize in 2004, at the Miami Book Fair InternationalMiami Book Fair InternationalThe Miami Book Fair International is an annual literary festival event realized in Miami by Miami Dade College.First called Books by the Bay in 1984, the two-day street fair take place since then at the Florida Center for the Literary Arts in Wolfson Campus...
of 2004. - Finaliste Carbet Prize 2008 with Novel Partir sur un coursier de nuages
External links
- Official Site: with breath taking photos of a few cities in Haiti http://www.josaphat-robert-large.com
- Author file at île en île (in French):http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/ile.en.ile/paroles/large.html
with biographyBiographyA biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
, bibliographyBibliographyBibliography , as a practice, is the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology...
, links and audio recording - Poems by Josaphat-Robert Large and Félix Morisseau-LeroyFélix Morisseau-LeroyFélix Morisseau-Leroy , was a Haitian writer who wrote in Haitian Créole for poetry and plays, the first significant writer to do so. By 1961 he succeeded in having Créole recognized as an official language of Haiti, after expanding its teaching in schools and use in creative literature. Morisseau...
translated into English, chosen by Mute Magazine of London to illustrate articles of Volume 2 #3 describing slums in places like HaitiHaitiHaiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
and Brazil. Mute, volume 2 #3, August 2006. http://www.metamute.org/en/Keep-On-Keepin-On/ - On a Publishers' Website in France :l'Harmattan
Videos
- Entretien avec Anthony Phelps (Talk with Anthony Phelps) (in French)
- Bèl Fanm mewn an (Reading of a poem in Creole by the author)
- La Plus Belle! (Reading of a poem in French by the author)
- Entretien avec Gary Klang (Talk with Gary Klang) (in French)
- Josaphat-Robert Large answers to the 5 questions of Île en île. A 33 minute interview with professor Thomas C. Spear of CUNY, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, on December 9, 2009. http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/ile.en.ile/media/5questions_large.html
Sources
- Open Gate, An anthology of Haitian Creole Poetry,http://www.curbstone.org/bookdetail.cfm?BookID=141 by Paul Laraque and Jack HirschmanJack HirschmanJack Hirschman is an American poet and social activist who has written more than 50 volumes of poetry and essays.-Biography:...
, Curbstone Press, Willimantic, ConnecticutConnecticutConnecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, 2001. Literary criticismLiterary criticismLiterary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals...
. - Anthologie de la poésie haïtienne,[A Century of Haitian poets], by Rodney Saint-Eloi and Lyonel Trouillot, Mémoire d'encrier http://www.memoiredencrier.com/catalogues.htmlMontréalMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, 2003.Literary criticismLiterary criticismLiterary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals... - Figures d'Haïti, [35 Poets for our time], by Jacques Rancourt, Le Temps des Cerises. http://www.letempsdescerises.net/noyau/index.php?menu_id=20&type=livre&idLivre=546 Paris, 2005. Essay
- Who is Who In Haitian Diaspora, Féquière Vilsaint & Maude Heurtelou, http://www.educavision.com/catalog.php?q=Who+is+who+in+haitian+diaspora&submit.x=50&submit.y=4 EducaVision, Coconut Creek, 2008. Essay
- Josaphat-Robert Large, la Fragmentation de l'être,http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=28113 editorEditingEditing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
: Frantz-Antoine Leconte, l'Harmattan, Paris, February 2009. Essay.