Marie-Célie Agnant is a French writer born in Haiti who has been living in Quebec since 1970. Her work is characterized by a wide range of written forms: novels, poems, short stories, tales and children’s books. By focusing on the history of Haiti, Agnant addresses the problem of human oppression, the importance of transmitting culture from one generation to the next, and the struggle of women to speak and be heard. Marie-Célie Agnant is one of many authors who have contributed to black francophone writing in Quebec. Throughout her career, she has received many prizes and awards (see note 1) and has been translated into Catalan, Dutch, English, Italian, Korean and Castilian.

Born in Port-au-Prince in 1953, she was sent at the age of fifteen to live with her godmother who was already

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Citation: Vernier, Béatrice. "Marie-Célie Agnant". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 November 2016 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13685, accessed 28 March 2024.]

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