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Edwidge Danticat
Haitian-American writer (born 1969)
Edwidge Danticat (Haitian Creole pronunciation:[edˈwidʒdãtiˈka]; born January 19, 1969)[1] is a Haitian American novelist and short story writer.
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Her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or edited several books and has been the recipient of many awards and honors.
As of the fall of 2023, she will be the Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Professor of the Humanities in the department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University.
Early life
Danticat was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
When she was 12 years old, her father André immigrated to New York, to be followed two years later by her mother Rose.[1] This left Danticat and her younger brother, also named André, to be raised by her aunt and uncle.
When asked in an interview about her traditions as a child, she included storytelli
