The Forum for Caribbean Writers and Readers Presents: An Evening with Marie-Célie Agnant

When and Where

Thursday, March 20, 2025 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
D.G. Ivey Library
D.G. Ivey Library, New College
20 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1C7

Speakers

Author Marie-Célie Agnant

Description

Join us as we host Haitian-Canadian author, Marie-Celie Agnant, in the D.G. Ivey Library on Mar. 20, 2025. 

Marie-Célie Agnant (born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1953) is an author who has been living in Quebec, Canada, since 1970.

Agnant is a writer of poems, novels and novellas, and she has also published children's books. She is also a storyteller and occasionally appears with the Bread & Puppet Theater of Vermont. Her works have been translated into Spanish, English, Dutch, Italian, Catalan and Korean. Her books include Silence Like Blood (Le Silence comme le sang, 1997), which was nominated for the 1998 Governor General's Award, and La Dot de Sara.

Light refreshments will be served from 5:30 - 6:00 pm. 

Sponsors

Centre For Caribbean Studies, PEN Canada