Édouard Glissant was a French writer, poet, philosopher, and literary critic from Martinique. He is widely recognised as one of the most influential figures in Caribbean thought and cultural commentary and Francophone literature. Wikipedia
Born: September 21, 1928, Sainte-Marie, Martinique
Died: February 3, 2011 (age 82 years), Paris, France
Education: PhD: Musée de l'Homme · University of Paris
Notable ideas: Poetics of relation · theory of the rhizome
School: Postcolonialism
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