CONFIANT, Raphael

CONFIANT, Raphael. Martiniquian (born Guadeloupe), b. 1951. Genres: Poetry, Novels, Language/Linguistics, Plays/Screenplays. Career: Comparative linguist, poet, playwright, author, educator, and editor. English teacher, 1977-96; University of Antilles and Guyana, lecturer in languages and regional cultures, 1997-. Active in trade union activities. Founding member of newspapers and periodicals. Publications: Jou Bare (poems), 1979; Jik Deye do Bondye, 1979; Bitako-a, 1985; Kod Yanm, 1986; Marisose, 1987, trans. by L. Coverdale as Mamzelle Dragonfly, 2000; Le Negre et l'amiral, 1988; (with others) L'Éloge de la Creolite, 1989; Eau de café, 1991, trans. by J. Ferguson, 1999; (with P. Chamoiseau) Lettres Creoles: Tracées Antillaise et Continentales de la litterature, 1655-1975, 1991; Aime Cesaure: Une traverse paradoxale du siècle, 1993; Barrancos del alba: literature francocaribea novella, 1993; Ravines du devant-jour: Récit, 1993; (trans) J. Berry, A Robber in the Village, 1993; L'Allée des soupirs: Roman, 1994; Bassin des ouragans, 1994; Commandeur du sucre: Récit, 1994; Contes Creoles des Amériques, 1995; Les Maitres de la parole Creole, 1995; La Savane des petrifications, 1995; La Vièrge du grande rétour, 1996; La Dernière Java de Mama Josepha, 1997; Le Meurtre du Samedi-Gloria, 1997; (trans) E. Jones, Adventure on the Knos Plant, 1998; L'archet du Colonel: Roman, 1998; (ed.) Dictionnaire des Titim et Sirandes, 1998; Regisseur du Rhum: Récit, 1999; Cahier de romances, 2000; (with D. Damoison) Le Galion, 2000; (author of intro) L. Hearn, Two Years in the French West Indies, 2000; (ed.) Dictionnaire des Nelogismes Creoles, 2001; Brin d'Amour, 2001. Translator of work from English into Jamaican. Address: University of Antilles and Guyana, Campus Fouillole, Pointe a Pitre, Guyana. Online address: raphael.confiant@martinique.univag.fr