Dany Laferrière





Dany Laferrière

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born
April 13, 1953 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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Né à Port-au-Prince en avril 1953, Dany Laferrière a grandi à Petit-Goâve. Il écrit pour le journal Le Petit Samedi soir et fait partie de l’équipe de Radio Haïti. Il quitte son pays natal à la suite de l’assassinat de son collègue et ami, le journaliste Gasner Raymond. Il s’installe au Québec où il occupe plusieurs emplois avant de commencer à écrire.

Son premier roman, Comment faire l’amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer, paraît en 1985 (VLB). Le succès est immédiat et les réactions nombreuses. Laferrière devient alors l’un des principaux représentants d’une nouvelle génération d’écrivains dans le paysage littéraire québécois.

Dany Laferrière écrit ensuite Éroshima (1987), puis L’Odeur du café (VLB, 1991), qui est récompensé par le prix Car...more


Average rating: 3.60 · 738 ratings · 113 reviews · 22 distinct works
L'Énigme du retour
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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How To Make Love To A Negro
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1985 — 9 editions
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I Am a Japanese Writer
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3.07 of 5 stars 3.07 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions
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Pays Sans Chapeau
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1996 — 7 editions
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Dining with the Dictator
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3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions
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Le Charme des après-midi sa...
4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings5 editions
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An Aroma of Coffee
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions
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Tout Bouge Autour De Moi
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings2 editions
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Le cri des oiseaux fous
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings3 editions
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Heading South
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2.91 of 5 stars 2.91 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions
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“Making love to a Negro isn't frightening; sleeping with him is. Sleep is complete surrender. It's more than nude; it's naked. Anything can happen during the night, when reason sleeps.”
Dany Laferrière, How To Make Love To A Negro

“Miz Beauty does not speak. You've got to discover her erogenous zones, her favorite subjects of conversation, her sign, all on your own. Meanwhile, Miz Piggy's coming like an express train. She doesn't get it every day. And she's hell-bent to make the most of it. She wants more, more, more.”
Dany Laferrière, How To Make Love To A Negro

“People are unhappy when they get something too easily. You have to sweat--that's the only moral they know.”
Dany Laferrière, I Am a Japanese Writer

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