DUniv. 2017
Born in Haiti, Dany Laferrière spent his childhood with his grand-mother, Da, in Petit‑Goâve. He began his career in journalism by reporting for the weekly Le Petit Samedi soir and for Radio Haïti Inter. In 1976, following the assassination of his friend and fellow journalist Gasner Raymond, he fled the Duvalier dictatorship and settled in Quebec. After taking several different jobs in Montreal, he decided to try his hand at writing. In 1985, he published his first novel, How to Make Love to a ...
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Born in Haiti, Dany Laferrière spent his childhood with his grand-mother, Da, in Petit‑Goâve. He began his career in journalism by reporting for the weekly Le Petit Samedi soir and for Radio Haïti Inter. In 1976, following the assassination of his friend and fellow journalist Gasner Raymond, he fled the Duvalier dictatorship and settled in Quebec. After taking several different jobs in Montreal, ...
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Dany
Laferrière