birth_place awards notableworks birth_date image article_title name occupation
jérémie , haiti prix in 2003 , nominated for the haitian grand literary prize littéraire of 2004 des caraïbes -lrb- caribbean literary prize -rrb- '' les terres entourées de larmes '' 15 november 1942 josaphat-robert large 2.jpg josaphat-robert large
 josaphat-robert large poet , novelist , art critic
josaphat-robert large

josaphat-robert large -lrb- born november 15 , 1942 in jérémie , haïti -rrb- is a haitian-american poet , novelist and art critic .
his novel `` les terres entourées de larmes '' surrounded with tears won the prestigious prix littéraire des caraïbes -lrb- caribbean literary prize -rrb- in 2003 .
he was nominated for the haitian grand literary prize of 2004 , together with edwidge danticat , rené depestre , frankétienne , gary klang , dany laferrière and leslie manigat -lrb- ex president of haiti , the winner of the prize -rrb- .
large was also one of the finalist at the ushant ' -lrb- ouessant in french -rrb- literary contest in 2002 .
he writes in both french and haitian creole .
josaphat-robert large is a member of '' la société des gens de lettres de france '' -lrb- society of french intellectuals -rrb- , of the `` association des Écrivains de langue française '' -lrb- association of writers of french origin -rrb- and of the pen club america .
josaphat-robert large 's work is becoming more and more important in the french literary world .
the society of french and francophone teachers of america has organized two colloquium on his literary production -lrb- specially his novels -rrb- , one at florida international university in 2001 and one at fordham university in 2006 .
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large also participated in the famous festival Étonnants-voyageurs in 2007 -lsb- http://www.etonnants-voyageurs.net/spip.php?article2305] and in 2008 , he was one of the author in the great literary opening organized in port-au-prince by the presses nationales d'haiti -lrb- national press of haiti -rrb- .
