Aimé Fernand David Césaire (26 June 1913 – 17 April 2008) was a Francophone and French poet, an Afro-Caribbean author and politician from the region of Martinique. He was "one of the founders of the négritude movement in Francophone literature". His works include the book-length poem Cahier d'un retour au pays natal (1939), Une Tempête, a response to Shakespeare's play The Tempest, and Discours sur le colonialisme (Discourse on Colonialism), an essay describing the strife between the colonizers and the colonized. His works have been translated into many languages.
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26 June 1913 Basse-Pointe, Martinique
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Died |
17 April 2008 (aged 94) Fort-de-France, Martinique, France
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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