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Aimé Césaire

1913 - 2008

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Aimé Fernand David Césaire (; French: [ɛme fɛʁnɑ̃ david sezɛʁ]; 26 June 1913 – 17 April 2008) was a French poet, author, and politician from Martinique. He was "one of the founders of the Négritude movement in Francophone literature" and coined the word négritude in French. He founded the Parti progressiste martiniquais in 1958, and served in the French National Assembly from 1945 to 1993 and as President of the Regional Council of Martinique from 1983 to 1988. He was also the Mayor of Fort-de-France for 56 years, from 1945–2001. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aimé Césaire is the 968th most popular writer (down from 930th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Martinique and the most popular Writer.

Aimé Césaire is most famous for his book "Discourse on Colonialism" in which he discusses the negative effects of colonialism.

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Among writers, Aimé Césaire ranks 968 out of 7,302. Before him are Panait Istrati, Juliette Récamier, John Fante, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gaius Asinius Pollio, and Frank Wedekind. After him are Cormac McCarthy, Ambrose Bierce, Raymond Carver, Venantius Fortunatus, Jean Giraudoux, and Viktor Shklovsky.

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Among people born in 1913, Aimé Césaire ranks 49. Before him are Roger Wolcott Sperry, Leônidas, Yasuo Suzuki, Motoo Tatsuhara, Erich Priebke, and Xi Zhongxun. After him are Mary Ainsworth, Mehmet Shehu, Peter Cushing, Richard Stone, Masanobu Fukuoka, and Muddy Waters. Among people deceased in 2008, Aimé Césaire ranks 48. Before him are Michael Crichton, George Emil Palade, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Joshua Lederberg, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, and Thomas Huckle Weller. After him are Edward Norton Lorenz, Tassos Papadopoulos, Masanobu Fukuoka, Phil Hill, Dino Risi, and Dražan Jerković.

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In Martinique

Among people born in Martinique, Aimé Césaire ranks 3 out of 26. Before him are Frantz Fanon (1925), and Alexandre de Beauharnais (1760). After him are Édouard Glissant (1928), Karine Jean-Pierre (1974), Gérard Janvion (1953), René Maran (1887), Patrick Chamoiseau (1953), Euzhan Palcy (1958), Joël Abati (1970), Allen Chastanet (1960), and Wendie Renard (1990).

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Among WRITERS In Martinique

Among writers born in Martinique, Aimé Césaire ranks 1. After him are Édouard Glissant (1928), René Maran (1887), and Patrick Chamoiseau (1953).

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