Édouard Glissant (1928-2011) was a poet, novelist, playwright, philosopher and literary critic, and was a leading voice in postcolonial theory and Caribbean literature. Born in Martinique, he studied at the Lycée Schœlcher and the Sorbonne in Paris. He was the Distinguished Professor of French at City University of New York, Graduate Center, and was the recipient of the Prix Renaudot and the Prix Charles Veillon. His works include Poetics of Relation, Caribbean Discourse, Faulkner Mississippi, and The Ripening.
