Vendredi 16 mai 2008
Aimé Césaire was born in 1913 in Martinique . He went to Paris in 1931 at the age of 18 with a scholarship for school . During his time at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, he helped
to found a student publication : Etudiant Noir .
In 1936, Cesaire started working on his piece Cahier with was not published until 1939 .
In 1945, Cesaire began his political career
when he was elected mayor of
Fort-de-France and deputy in the Constituent Assembly on the French Communist Party ticket .
During the 1940's,Cesaire was busy writing and publishing many collections of this work . He seemed to be influenced by art because he wrote a tribute to a painter named Wilfredo Lam and one of his collections has illustrations by Pablo Picasso .
In 1956, Aime Cesaire resigned from the French Communist Party and two years later he began the "parti progressiste Martiniquais".
During these years Cesaire attended two conferences for "Negro Writers and Artists " in Paris .
In 1968,he published the first version of the "Tempete" a radical adaptation of Shakespeare's play "The Tempest" . He continued on with his writings og portry and play and retired from politics in 1993 .
All of Cesaire's writings are in French with a limited number having English translations .
By Heloise , Ophélie , Xiaho
In 1936, Cesaire started working on his piece Cahier with was not published until 1939 .
In 1945, Cesaire began his political career
when he was elected mayor of
Fort-de-France and deputy in the Constituent Assembly on the French Communist Party ticket .During the 1940's,Cesaire was busy writing and publishing many collections of this work . He seemed to be influenced by art because he wrote a tribute to a painter named Wilfredo Lam and one of his collections has illustrations by Pablo Picasso .
In 1956, Aime Cesaire resigned from the French Communist Party and two years later he began the "parti progressiste Martiniquais".
During these years Cesaire attended two conferences for "Negro Writers and Artists " in Paris .
In 1968,he published the first version of the "Tempete" a radical adaptation of Shakespeare's play "The Tempest" . He continued on with his writings og portry and play and retired from politics in 1993 .
All of Cesaire's writings are in French with a limited number having English translations .
By Heloise , Ophélie , Xiaho