Myriam Warner-Vieyra | |
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| Born | Myriam Warner 25 March 1939 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe |
| Died | 29 December 2017(2017-12-29) (aged 78) Tours,Indre-et-Loire, France |
| Education | Cheikh Anta Diop University |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse | Paulin Soumanou Vieyra |
Myriam Warner-Vieyra (25 March 1939 – 29 December 2017)[1] was aGuadeloupean-born writer of novels and poetry.[2]
The daughter ofCaribbean parents,[2] she was bornMyriam Warner inPointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. She completedsecondary school in Europe and moved toDakar inSenegal.[3] She earned a diploma in library science atCheikh Anta Diop University[2] and worked for several years as a librarian.[3] In 1961, she married the film directorPaulin Soumanou Vieyra.[4]
Several of her poems were published in the literary magazinePrésence Africaine in 1976.[2] Her first novel, written in 1980, wasLe Quimboiseur l'avait dit (the 1983 English translation published byLongman was entitledAs The Sorcerer Said), which is set in the Caribbean. Her second novelJuletane, published in 1982, is the story of a Caribbean woman who married a Senegalese man who, she discovers, is already married. This was followed by a collection of stories,Femmes échouées (Fallen women), in 1988.[3]
Warner-Vieyra died aged 78 on 29 December 2017 inTours,Indre-et-Loire, France.[1][5]
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