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Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti on January 19, 1969 and
immigrated to the United States when she was twelve years old. Her parents
immigrated to the U.S. before she did as they were fleeing the oppressiveness
of Francois Duvalier and his military regime, but Danticat and her younger
brother stayed behind, experiencing the injustices of Francois’s son
Jean-Claude. Her parents always wanted her to pursue a medical career
considering the poverty stricken background that she was familiar with. She
instead wanted to pursue a career in writing. Most of her stories depict the
injustices and crimes in Haiti during the rule of the Haitian dictator
Duvalier. One of her first novels was Breath,
Eyes, Memory (1994) which is about the life of a girl after she moves from
Haiti to the U.S., earning her the book club pick by Oprah Winfrey. She also
wrote Krik? Krak! , collection of
short stories about women trying to understand their families and relationship
with Haiti.
Sources
Biography.com
Editors. "Edwidge Danticat Biography." Bio.com. A&E
Networks Television, n.d. Web. 19
Oct. 2015.
The Editors of
Enclyopaedia Britannica. "Edwidge Danticat | Biography - Haitian American
Author." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica,
n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2015.
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