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Guadeloupe (France)

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  • PoetryEloges and Other PoemsÉlogesSaint-John Perse · 1911The first book of a Guadeloupean poet, drawn from his childhood on the island.Literature
  • PoetryBalles d'orGuy Tirolien · 1961not translated into EnglishThe only poetry collection of a companion of Senghor and Césaire, between Marie-Galante and Africa.Literature
  • NovelThe Bridge of BeyondPluie et vent sur Télumée MiracleSimone Schwarz-Bart · 1972A line of Guadeloupean peasant women, from the aftermath of slavery to the twentieth century, in the voice of the last of them.Literature
  • NovelLone SunL'Isolé soleilDaniel Maximin · 1981Three centuries of Guadeloupean history taken up by a young woman who writes, in the author's first novel.Literature
  • NovelCrossing the MangroveTraversée de la mangroveMaryse Condé · 1989A Guadeloupean village tells its own story around a dead man from elsewhere, over the space of a single night.Literature
  • NovelThe Drifting of SpiritsLa Grande Drive des espritsGisèle Pineau · 1993A Guadeloupean family from the 1930s to the 1970s, among beliefs, spells and spirits of the dead.Literature
  • CinemaBitter SugarSucre amerChristian Lara · 1998The Guadeloupean revolt against the restoration of slavery, retried by an imaginary tribunal.Cinema