Edouard Glissant

Biography

Édouard Glissant (21 September 1928 – 3 February 2011) was a French writer, poet, philosopher, and literary critic from Martinique. He is widely recognised as one of the most influential figures in Caribbean thought and cultural commentary and Francophone literature. Édouard Glissant was born in Sainte-Marie, Martinique. He studied at the…