Edwidge Danticat



Edwidge Danticat

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born January 19, 1969
gender female
place of birth Port-au-Prince, Haiti
genre Literature & Fiction, Travel, Nonfiction

about this author

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 daughter.

books by Edwidge Danticat

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avg rating: 3.90 | 4169 ratings | 17 distinct works
Breath, Eyes, Memory Breath, Eyes, Memory (Oprah's Book Club)
by Edwidge Danticat
avg rating 3.73 — 1396 ratings — published 1994
13 editions
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The Farming of Bones The Farming of Bones (Paperback)
by Edwidge Danticat
avg rating 4.08 — 658 ratings — published 1999
12 editions
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The Dew Breaker The Dew Breaker (Paperback)
by Edwidge Danticat
avg rating 3.70 — 641 ratings — published 2005
11 editions
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Brother, I'm Dying Brother, I'm Dying (Hardcover)
by Edwidge Danticat
avg rating 4.21 — 383 ratings — published 2007
5 editions
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Krik? Krak! Krik? Krak! (Paperback)
by Edwidge Danticat
avg rating 4.22 — 68 ratings — published 1997
8 editions
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Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti... Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490 (The Royal Diaries) (Royal Diaries)
by Edwidge Danticat
avg rating 3.50 — 52 ratings — published 2005
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Behind the Mountains Behind the Mountains (First Person Fiction)
by Edwidge Danticat
avg rating 4.16 — 31 ratings — published 2003
5 editions
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After the Dance: A Walk Throug... After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti (Crown Journeys)
by Edwidge Danticat
avg rating 3.74 — 34 ratings — published 2002
2 editions
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The Butterfly's Way: Voices fr... The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States (Paperback)
by Edwidge Danticat
avg rating 4.05 — 20 ratings — published 2001
2 editions
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Beacon Best of 2000: Great Wri... Beacon Best of 2000: Great Writing by Women and Men of All Colors and Cultures (Beacon Anthology)
by Edwidge Danticat
avg rating 4.00 — 9 ratings — published 2000
2 editions
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quotes by Edwidge Danticat

"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!)
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