VICTOR, Marvin

VICTOR, Marvin
2011 Resident
  • Americas
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Americas
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Caribbean
  • Americas
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Caribbean
  • Haiti
  • Americas
English

Marvin VICTOR (fiction writer, filmmaker; Haiti) has worked on a number of documentaries, shorts and feature-length films, including the 2009 adaptation of Kathy Acker's novel Kathy Goes To Haiti, and taught creative writing courses for Fondation Culture Création. In 2011 he has published the novel Corps mêlés (Gallimard, Paris), and his short fiction has been included in the collection Hasdf Haiti Noir; earlier, his articles have appeared in the magazine Conjonction. He is the recipient of the 2008 Young Francophone Writers Award and the 2011 Grand Prix du Roman de la Société des Gens de Lettres. He participates courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

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Sophie Bassouls
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