Powe`t Nan Po` A/Poet of the Port
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Written in Haitian Creole and self-translated into English, this bilingual poetry collection reflects Indran Amirthanayagam's deep connection to Haiti during his service there as a cultural attaché. The poems explore everyday Haitian life, love, history, language, memory, and identity while celebrating the richness of Haitian culture through an insider-outsider perspective. The collection has been praised for its linguistic artistry and its compassionate portrayal of Haiti and its people.
Indran Amirthanayagam is a true global poet, and this book in Kreyòl ayisyen (Haitian Creole) is his most important thus far. Here, an outside observer, living in the land as a cultural attaché, gives the language and culture of Haiti the ultimate respect-poems that bring the joys and pain, love, mysteries and history of the everyday life of the people into Poetry's orbit. Amirthanayagam is a poet like no other (he also writes in Spanish, French, Portuguese), and this book is a grand achievement. -Bob Holman, Poet, Professor, Producer: The United States of Poetry, founder: Bowery Poetry Club
This book is a Love poem to Haiti written in the language of the Haitian people by a Sri Lankan-born poet who lives in the United States where, among other things, he writes a Poetry/Culture column for the newspaper Haiti en Marche. His love of that island is real and in the finest tradition of immigrant culture. -Jack Hirschman, emeritus Poet Laureate of San Francisco
This book is a Love poem to Haiti written in the language of the Haitian people by a Sri Lankan-born poet who lives in the United States where, among other things, he writes a Poetry/Culture column for the newspaper Haiti en Marche. His love of that island is real and in the finest tradition of immigrant culture. -Jack Hirschman, emeritus Poet Laureate of San Francisco
- ISBN:
- 9781952335624
- Publication Date:
- 2023-10-16
- Publisher:
- MadHat Press
- Language:
- English
- Page Count:
- 119
- Size:
- 8.5" l x 5.5" w x 0.32" h
Info
- Poetry
Category
- Caribbean and Latin American
Subject