Josaphat-Robert Large

Josaphat-Robert Large

Born	(1942-11-15) November 15, 1942 Jérémie, Haiti
Occupation	Poet, novelist, art critic
Notable works	Les terres entourées de larmes
Notable awards	Prix littéraire des Caraïbes (Caribbean literary Prize) in 2003, nominated for the Haitian grand Literary Prize of 2004

Large, 8 years old

Josaphat-Robert Large (born November 15, 1942 in Jérémie, Haïti) is a Haitian-American poet, novelist and art critic. His novel Les terres entourées de larmes [Shore surrounded with tears] won the prestigious Prix littéraire des Caraïbes (Caribbean literary Prize) in 2003. He was nominated for the Haitian grand Literary Prize of 2004, together with Edwidge Danticat, René Depestre, Frankétienne, Gary Klang, Dany Laferrière and Leslie Manigat (Ex President of Haiti, the winner of the Prize). Large was also one of the finalist at the Ushant' (Ouessant in French) Literary Contest in 2002.. He writes in both French and Haitian Creole. Josaphat-Robert Large is a member of " La Société des Gens de Lettres de France" (Society of French intellectuals), of the "Association des Écrivains de langue française" (Association of writers of French origin) and of the PEN Club America. Josaphat-Robert Large's work is becoming more and more important in the French literary world. The Society of French and francophone teachers of America has organized two colloquium on his literary production (specially his novels), one at Florida International University in 2001 and one at Fordham University in 2006. . Large also participated in the famous festival Étonnants-Voyageurs in 2007 and in 2008, he was one of the author in the great literary opening organized in Port-au-Prince by the Presses Nationales d'Haiti (National Press of Haiti).

Exile

Josaphat-Robert Large (September 2007)

Josaphat-Robert Large left Haiti at the end of 1963, after being arrested during a student strike against the regime of Papa Doc Duvalier. In New York, he studied English at Columbia University and photography at New York institute of Photography. He is a founding member of La Troupe de Théâtre Kouidor (Theatre group Kouidor) and frequently writes for Haitian newspapers such as Haïti Progrès, Haïti en Marche, Le Nouvelliste and Lire Haiti.

Selected works

Nerfs du vent – Compilation of Poems, Paris, 1975. Rev. ed. Publisher: Ruptures, Washington DC, 2013
Chute de mots – Compilation of Poems, Paris, 1989
Les sentiers de l'enfer – Novel, Paris, 1990
Pè Sèt ! – Compilation of Poems Written in Creole, Miami, 1994, reed. 1996
Les récoltes de la folie – Novel, Paris, 1996
Les terres entourées de larmes – Novel, Paris, 2002
Keep on Keepin'On, English translation of Pè Sèt ! by Jack Hirschman, iUniverse, 2006
Rete! Kote Lamèsi – Novel written in Haitian Creole, Port-au-Prince, 2008.
Partir sur un coursier de nuages – Novel, Paris, 2008.
Échos en fuite – Compilation of Poems, Paris, 2010
Istwa Nanm Mwen – Compilation of Poems Written in Haitian Creole, Port-au-Prince, 2010
Jérémie et sa Verdoyante Grand'Anse – Photography and Poems, Coconut Creek, 2012
Le Domic'île – Compilation of Poems, New York, 2012
Rekot Powetik – Poems from Students of Ecole Normale de Marfranc, in French and Haitian Creole, Edited by Josaphat-R Large, Ruptures, Washington, 2013
Mississippi Blues – Novel, published by Ruptures, Washington, D.C., 2015

Compact Discs

Eko Dlo [LaGrandans debòde] – Poems in Creole with background music by Haitian pianist Eddy Prophète, Montréal, 2006
5 Années de Textes et de Chansons des Vendredis littéraires, Poems in French and in Creole by Frankétienne, Lyonel Trouillot, Claude Pierre and Josaphat-Robert Large, August 2000.

Play

La voix du Bisaïeul – Play in French (Stage Director Max Kénol), New York July 1998
Dany Laferriere en pyjama – Presented at United Nations (Stage Director Max Kénol), New York, February 2014
Les colis de la traite – Play written for La Semaine des victimes de l'esclavage for United Nations, (Stage Director Max Kénol), NY 2014

Short Story

Rosanna – Mystery fiction in "Haiti Noir", Edited by Edwidge Danticat, Akashic Books, New York, 2011
Dark Days in Port-au-Prince, Exquisite Corpse, Part 5 by J-R Large, Part 2 by Ibi Zoboi,Part 1-6 by Roxane Gay, Part 3 by Jessica Fievre, Part 4 by K Ulysse, Akashic Books, Brooklyn, NY, 2014

Awards

Prix littéraire des Caraïbes 2003 [Caribbean literary Prize] given by L'Association des Ecrivains de langue française (The Association of French writers)
Finaliste Concours Ouessant, 2002 (Finalist Ushant literary contest, in August 2002).
Nominated for Haitian Grand Literary Prize in 2004, at the Miami Book Fair International of 2004.
Finaliste Carbet Prize 2008 with Novel Partir sur un coursier de nuages

References

↑ Hirschman, Jack (2006). Keep on Keepin'On, Preface. p. 7.

External links

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Official Site: with breath taking photos of a few cities in Haiti
Author file at île en île (in French):
with biography, bibliography, links and audio recording
Poems by Josaphat-Robert Large and Félix Morisseau-Leroy translated into English, chosen by Mute Magazine of London to illustrate articles of Volume 2 #3 describing slums in places like Haiti and Brazil. Mute, volume 2 #3, August 2006.
On a Publishers' Website in France :l'Harmattan

Videos

Entretien avec Anthony Phelps on YouTube (Talk with Anthony Phelps) (in French)
Bèl Fanm mewn an on YouTube (Reading of a poem in Creole by the author)
La Plus Belle! on YouTube (Reading of a poem in French by the author)
Entretien avec Gary Klang on YouTube (Talk with Gary Klang) (in French)
Josaphat-Robert Large answers to the 5 questions of Île en île. A 33-minute interview with professor Thomas C. Spear of CUNY, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, on December 9, 2009.

Sources

Open Gate, An anthology of Haitian Creole Poetry, by Paul Laraque and Jack Hirschman, Curbstone Press, Willimantic, Connecticut, 2001. Literary criticism.
Anthologie de la poésie haïtienne,[A Century of Haitian poets], by Rodney Saint-Eloi and Lyonel Trouillot, Mémoire d'encrier Montréal, 2003.Literary criticism
Figures d'Haïti, [35 Poets for our time], by Jacques Rancourt, Le Temps des Cerises. Paris, 2005. Essay
Who is Who in Haitian Diaspora, Féquière Vilsaint & Maude Heurtelou, EducaVision, Coconut Creek, 2008. Essay
Josaphat-Robert Large, la Fragmentation de l'être, editor: Frantz-Antoine Leconte, l'Harmattan, Paris, February 2009. Essay.

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