En amour avec Marie

Collection of essays by prominent Haitian authors that discuss the work and legacy of Marie Vieux-Chauvet, as a tribute in the centennial of her birth. Marie Vieux-Chauvet (1916-1973) (or Marie Vieux) was a Haitian novelist, poet and playwright. She is one of the most important contemporary Haitian writers of the 20th century. Vieux-Chauvet is best know for her the novels Fille d'Haïti (1954), La Danse sur le Volcan (1957), Fonds des Nègres (1961), and Amour, Colère, Folie (1969). Vieux-Chauvet's works focus on class, race, women, family structure and the upheaval of Haitian political, economic and social society during the United States occupation of Haiti and dictatorship of François Duvalier. Although she lived under heavy surveillance during Duvalier's dictatorship, Vieux-Chauvet persisted as a writer, hosting meetings of the Les Araignées du Soir (Evening Spiders), a group of poets and writers of which she was the only female. Her literary prizes include 1954 Prix de l'Alliance Française for Fille d'Haïti, 1960 Prix France-Antilles for Fonds des Nègres, 1986 Prix Deschamps (posthumous), for Amour, Colère et Folie.