Lyonel Trouillot
Lyonel Trouillot (born December 31, 1956 in Port-au-Prince , Haiti ) is a Haitian writer who works as a poet , journalist , songwriter , essayist , editor and novelist .
Life
Lyonel Trouillot came from the upper Haitian middle class. His father was a professor of literature and Lyonel grew up with literature. He began studying law and then decided to become a writer.
Due to the repression of the government of Jean-Claude Duvalier , he left Haiti in the 1980s and went into exile in the USA . He later became a spokesman for the oppositional-intellectual movement Collectif Non , which opposed the dictatorial ambitions of Jean-Bertrand Aristide .
He wrote for various Haitian newspapers and was a co-founder of magazines such as Lakansyel and Tem et Langay . He has also been a songwriter for several well-known Haitian singers.
Trouillot endeavors to encourage young authors. He supports the literature workshop “Ateliers du jeudi soir”, where young writers can present texts and receive advice from experienced authors. In 2011 he founded the “Anne-Marie Morisset” cultural center. He is editor of the literary magazine Demembre , which publishes contributions by young authors.
Trouillot's literature is socially critical and questions, for example, the role of aid organizations in the 2010 earthquake or the abysses of Haitian politics.
Trouillot lives in Port-au-Prince and teaches Creole and French literature there as a professor. He writes in French, not Haitian Creole ( kreyole ) . In 2011 his novel La belle amour humaine was nominated for the prestigious Prix Goncourt .
family
His sister Evelyne Trouillot is a well-known poet and novelist in Haiti. Other relatives are his uncle, the historian Henock Trouillot, his brother, the political scientist Michel-Rolph Trouillot and another sister, the children's book author Jocelyne Trouillot.
Fonts
In French
- Rue des Pas-Perdus , 1998, Roman.
- Therese en mille morceaux , novel, 2000.
- Les enfants des heroes , 2002, novel.
- Bicentaire , 2004, novel.
- L'amour avant que jeu oublie , 2007, novel.
- Yanvalou pour Charlie , 2009, novel.
- La belle amour humaine , 2011, novel.
In German translation
- Anniversary , novel, German by Peter Trier. Litradukt-Verlag, Trier 2012, ISBN 978-3-940435-12-5 .
- The road of lost steps , novel, German by Barbara Heber-Schärer and Claudia Steinitz. Liebeskind-Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-95438-015-2 .
- The beautiful human love , novel, German by Barbara Heber-Schärer and Claudia Steinitz. Liebeskind-Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-95438-032-9 .
- Yanvalou für Charlie ( Legacy for Charlie ), novel, German by Barbara Heber-Schärer and Claudia Steinitz. Liebeskind-Verlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-95438-066-4 .
Awards (selection)
- Prix Carbet of the Institut du tout Monde , Martinique, 2013.
literature
- Margrit Klingler-Clavijo: The duty to be amazed . In: Weltsichten , Vol. 2014, Issue 3 (March), pp. 46–47 (on the literary scene in Haiti).
Web links
- www.frenchbooknews.com/detail.php?bise_id=68&
- www.jstar.org/discovery/10.2307/2931242?vid37378648
- www.wordswithauthororders.org/contributor/lyonel-trouillot
- www.hispaniola.eu/news/kultur/1469-haiti-kultur-neu
- www.litradukt.de/?/Autoren/Lyonel-Trouillot
- www.perlentaucher.de/autor/lyonel-trouillot.html
Individual evidence
- ↑ No end to the class struggle. The writer Lyonel Trouillot in conversation with Barbara Wahlster. Deutschlandradio, January 2nd, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trouillot, Lyonel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Haitian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Port-au-Prince , Haiti |