Dany Laferrière Net Worth is
$5 Million

Mini Biography

On 13th Apr 1953, Dany Laferriere was created in Interface au Prince, Haiti. He was raised in the community of Petit Goave, Haiti. After his research, he started employed in journalism within a paper and on radio, mainly being a ethnic reporter. Through the reign from the Duvalier lifestyle wasn’t easy and being a journalist he frequently criticized the federal government. In 1976 following the loss of life of his friend and colleague, Gasner Raymond, fearing for his basic safety he still left Port-au-Prince for Montreal, Canada, where he discovered work, and in addition began to write. His initial novel was released in 1985: Comment faire l’amour avec el negre sans se fatiguer, Steps to make Want to a Negro Without Obtaining Tired. Also at exactly the same time, he restored with journalism in various television place in the province of Quebec. From 1990 to 2002, he and his family members still left Montreal, Canada for Miami, USA where he lived for 10 a few months from every year. He has published many books and received many literary awards. In 1991, he received le Prix Carbet de la Caraibe, (Ce prix distingue l’oeuvre de fiction ou de reflexion la plus remarquable dans le monde des Caraibes et des Ameriques) for his novel, L’Odeur du cafe. In 1993, he received the Prix Edgar-Lesperance for his book put Le Gout des jeunes filles. He published Chronique de la derive douce (1994) which told of his 1st yr in Montreal. In 2002 he received the Prix RFO du Livre for: Cette Grenade dans la primary du jeune negre est-elle une arme ou un fruit ? In 2004 he directed his 1st film from his script: Comment conquerir l’Amerique en une nuit that was shown at Montreal Festival des Movies du monde. Seven of his books have already been translated into British, and some likewise have been translated into Spanish, Korean, Swedish. He’s among the uncommon authors of his era to be aswell known in British or French Canada. He has adapted and collaborated on film scripts for some of his books. For example Voodoo taxi cab, Ziggy gonna obtain it. He reunited using the film industry for Vers le sud (2005), a film directed by Laurent Cantet that was motivated by 3 brief stories compiled by Laferriere.

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