literatures of the world; in 2004 it was dedicated to the Caribbean. The third Haitian Étonnants Voyageurs Festival will take place on February 1-4, 2012. Here are two recent news items, the first from AlterPresse and the second from Prensa Latina. Out thanks to Peter Jordens for the information included in this post.The International Literature Festival, Étonnants Voyageurs, is planning its third Haitian edition on February 1-4, with the participation of 25 foreign writers, AlterPresse has learned.
Danny Laferriere, Michel Le Bris, Lyonel Trouillot, Régis Debray, and the 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, Jean-Marie Le Clézio, will be amongst those present.
Writers will go into nine cities located outside Port-au-Prince, including Jacmel (in the South-East), Gonaïves (North), and Port-de-Paix (North-West). They will hold presentations in libraries and schools, including 15 in the Western Province.
The 2012 edition will pay tribute to the Haitian poet and drawing artist Georges Castera (picture left). The theme is “L’encre est ma demeure” (Ink is my home), which is the title of an anthology of Castera’s poems published between 1992 and 1999 upon the initiative of Lyonel Trouillot.
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