Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Aimé Césaire
Born: June 26, 1913
Died: April 17, 2008 (aged 94)
Bio: Aimé Fernand David Césaire was a Francophone and French poet, author and politician from Martinique. He was "one of the founders of the négritude movement in Francophone literature".
Known for:
- Cahier d'un retour au pays natal (1947)
- Discourse on colonialism (1950)
- Une Tempête (1969)
- Une saison au Congo (1966)
- Aimé Césaire, the collected poetry (1983)