Césaire, Aimé

has biography | a une biographie: French-speaking poet, author and politician from Martinique, founder of the Négritude movement. Césaire was deputy for Martinique in the French National Assembly (1945-1993), president of the Martinique Regional Council (1983-1988) and mayor of Fort-de-France. He fought for departmentalization and autonomy through the Parti Progressiste Martiniquais, which he founded in 1958. He led an ambitious cultural policy in Fort-de-France, which included transforming the city's urban fabric.
Césaire and his wife Suzanne Roussi (1915-1966) founded the anti-colonial and surrealist literary magazine Tropiques (1941 to 1945). Césaire's most famous works include Cahier d'un retour au pays natal (1939), Discours sur le colonialisme (1955) and Une Tempête (1969). His work has been a major source of inspiration for anti-colonial thinkers the world over, notably Frantz Fanon (1925-1961), a former student of Césaire, and Édouard Glissant (1928-2011).
was born | est né: 26 June 1913
died in | est mort par: 17 April 2008
has nationality | a la nationalité: France
has type | est de type: depicted

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Bust of Aimé Césaire, Sarcelles
Relief of Aimé Césaire, Charleville-Mézières