AUTHOR EDWIDGE DANTICAT in Conversation with Americans for Immigrant Justice Executive Director Cheryl Little, Esq.

Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti and came to the United States when she was twelve years old. Her books include Breath, Eyes, Memory; the short-story collection Krik? Krak!; and The Farming of Bones. Named one of the 20 Best of American Novelists by Granta, Danticat’s awards include a Pushcart Prize for short fiction an American Book Award. Her books have been selected for Oprah’s Book Club and have been twice nominated for the National Book Award. In 2009 Danticat received a MacArthur Genius Grant. Edwidge Danticat’s illustrated children’s book, Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation (Dial Books), shows how every child has the power to make a difference. Edwidge Danticat fèt an Ayiti, men li imigre Ozetazini depi a laj douzan. Edwidge te resevwa yon diplòm an literati fransèz nan Barnard College, e apre sa li te fè yon metriz nan Brown University. Li se otè plizyè liv, tankou paregzanp Souf, Je, Memwa ; Krik? Krak! (ki te pami finalis « National Book Award » -- ki fè Edwidge se pi jèn moun yo janm nonmen pou pri sa a); La récolte douce des larmes; avèk Le briseur de rosée, ki te resevwa yon « American Book Award ». Edwidge ekri plizyè liv pou timoun ak jèn moun, tankou paregzanp Pour l ‘amour de Claire, avèk Anakawona, Flè Annò. Se li ki edite Haïti Noir; The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States avèk The Beacon Best of 2000: Great Writing by Men and Women of All Colors and Cultures. Lòt onè Danticat resevwa gen ladan « National Book Critics Circle Award » pou yon resi ki rele Adieu, mon frère. Li resevwa yon « MacArthur Fellowship », e li te anseye ekriti nan University of Miami ak New York University.