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Edwidge Danticat

Born January 19, 1969

Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when she was twelve. She is the author of several books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection; Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist; and The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner. She is also the editor of The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States and The Beacon Best of 2000: Great Writing by Men and Women of All Colors and Cultures. Danticat earned a degree in French Literature from Barnard College, where she won the 1995 Woman of Achievement Award, and later an MFA from Brown University. She lives in Miami with her husband and daughters. (Website: edwidgedanticat.com)

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Books28

The Best American Essays 2011

The Best American Essays 2011

Dey: A Novel

Dey: A Novel

2026
We're Alone: Essays

We're Alone: Essays

2024
The Penguin Book of Migration Literature: Departures, Arrivals, Generations, Returns

The Penguin Book of Migration Literature: Departures, Arrivals, Generations, Returns

2019
Plough Quarterly No. 20 - The Welcome Table

Plough Quarterly No. 20 - The Welcome Table

2019

with Luci Shaw, Sarah Ruden, Leah Libresco and Philip Britts

My Mommy Medicine

My Mommy Medicine

2019
Everything Inside

Everything Inside

2019
The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story

The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story

2017
Untwine

Untwine

2015
Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation

Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation

2015
The Last Mapou

The Last Mapou

2013
Haiti Noir 2: The Classics

Haiti Noir 2: The Classics

2013
Claire of the Sea Light

Claire of the Sea Light

2013
Claire de Luz Marina

Claire de Luz Marina

2013

with Lucia Stecher and Thomas Rothe

Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work

Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work

2011
Eight Days: A Story of Haiti

Eight Days: A Story of Haiti

2010
Eight days

Eight days

2010
The Dew Breaker

The Dew Breaker

2007
Brother, I'm Dying

Brother, I'm Dying

2007
Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti ~ 1490

Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti ~ 1490

2005
Behind the Mountains

Behind the Mountains

2002
After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti

After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti

2002
Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writers

Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writers

2002
Mothers Through the Eyes of Women Writers: A Barnard College Collection

Mothers Through the Eyes of Women Writers: A Barnard College Collection

2001

with Mary Gordon, Judy Mann, Anne Bernays, Natalie Angier, Joyce Johnson and June Jordan

The Farming of Bones

The Farming of Bones

1998
The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States

The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States

1997
Krik? Krak!

Krik? Krak!

1995
Breath, Eyes, Memory

Breath, Eyes, Memory

1994

Collections3

Uma outra historia - textos contemporaneos

Uma outra historia - textos contemporaneos

2021

with Djamila Ribeiro and Itamar Vieira Junior

The Brown Reader: 50 Writers Remember College Hill

The Brown Reader: 50 Writers Remember College Hill

2014

with Kate Bornstein, Madeline Miller and Jonathan Mooney

The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories

The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories

1999

with Martin Amis, Tobias Wolff, Julia Alvarez, Russell Banks, Salman Rushdie and Ben Okri