CULTURAL EVENTS and PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE CARIBBEAN – JUNE 2017
JUNE 2017 June 1 : Crop Over Festival – Crop Over in The City (BARBADOS)* Photo From June 1 to 2 : Punda Thursday Vibes (CURAÇAO) From June 1 to 3 : 15th edition […]
LITERATURE
S. Hessel Prize 2017 : Phew Laroc from Haiti among the winners
The 5th edition of the Stéphane Hessel Prize (Prix Stéphane Hessel de la Jeune Écriture Francophone), awarded by RFI and the Alliance Francophone, took place on Tuesday, May 9th, in the salons of the Senate […]
CULTURAL EVENTS and PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE CARIBBEAN – MAY 2017
MAY 2017 May 1 : Labour Day (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA ; GUADELOUPE ; ANGUILLA ; MARTINIQUE ; SAINT MARTIN ; SAINT BARTHÉLEMY ; SABA ; SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES ; BONAIRE, CUBA…) *Photo May 1 :The Kadooment […]
CULTURAL EVENTS and PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE CARIBBEAN – APRIL 2017
APRIL 2017 April 1 : Jazz Fest (CURAÇAO) * Photo April 1 : Nos Zjilea – local arts & crafts, plants & vegetables, food, music (BONAIRE) April 1 : Transe en Danse – choreography competition 1st qualification […]
Caribbean Nobel Prize winner, Derek Walcott, is dead
Poet, playwright and painter, Derek Walcott, died peacefully at the age of 87 on Friday, March 17, at his house of Cap Estate in St. Lucia. In 1992, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in […]
Frankito offers us “Le Grand Frisson”
After “Pointe-à-Pitre – Paris” published by L’Harmattan in 2000, “L’Homme pas Dieu” published by Editions Écriture in 2012, Franck Salin whose pen name is Frankito today offers us his third novel “Le Grand Frisson” (The […]
CULTURAL EVENTS and PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE CARIBBEAN – MARCH 2017
MARCH 2017 March 1 : Ash Wednesday (GUADELOUPE – ST MARTIN – MARTINIQUE) * Photo March 1 : Parade or “Vidé” in Black & White / Burning of the King Vaval (GUADELOUPE – MARTINIQUE) […]
Havana Book Fair : the taste of literature
PHOTO REPORT : Every year, Cuba celebrates in February Havana International Book Fair in the fortress of San Carlos de La Cabaña, located on the other side of the Havana Bay. For ten days, from […]
Some Caribbean books in my library…
The Caribbean islands are a very rich literary region. Our writers receive many awards for their books in their native island, in the other Caribbean islands and other continents. In addition, the Caribbean islands have […]
Caribbean writers, from Jacques-Stéphen Alexis to Alejo Carpentier
JACQUES-STEPHEN ALEXIS (1922-1961 / Haiti) Compère Général Soleil (Gallimard, 1955) Les Arbres Musiciens (Gallimard, 1957, 1984 ; Les Éditions Fardin, 1986) L’Espace d’un Cillement (Gallimard, 1959, 1983) Romancero aux Étoîles (Gallimard, 1960) L’Étoile Absinthe (Zulma, […]