Edwidge Danticat

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born

in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

January 19, 1969

gender

female

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Literature & Fiction, Travel, Nonfiction

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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.

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Edwidge Danticat's Books

Average rating: 3.87 · 27,340 ratings · 2,542 reviews · 43 distinct works · Similar authors

	Breath, Eyes, Memory 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 11,865 ratings — published 1994 — 25 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Farming of Bones 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 3,277 ratings — published 1997 — 21 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Krik? Krak! 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 3,221 ratings — published 1995 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dew Breaker 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 2,987 ratings — published 2004 — 19 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brother, I'm Dying 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 2,302 ratings — published 2007 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 717 ratings — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 364 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Essays 2011 by Edwidge Danticat (Editor), Robert Atwan (Editor), Christopher Hitchens (Contributor) 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behind the Mountains 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti 3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Love is like the rain. It comes in a drizzle sometimes. Then it starts pouring and if you're not careful it will drown you.”
― Edwidge Danticat, Breath, Eyes, Memory

120 people liked it

“No, women like you don't write. They carve onion sculptures and potato statues. They sit in dark corners and braid their hair in new shapes and twists in order to control the stiffness, the unruliness, the rebelliousness.”
― Edwidge Danticat, Krik? Krak!

tags: dominican-republic, haiti, quisqueya, women, writing

57 people liked it

“Their Maker, she said, gives them the sky to carry because they are strong. These people do not know who they are, but if you see a lot of trouble in your life, it is because you were chosen to carry part of the sky on your head. -pg. 25”
― Edwidge Danticat

tags: inspirational

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