Ina Césaire (born in 1942 in Martinique) is a French playwright and ethnographer. In her 1981 article "Littérature orale et contes", "she discusses how Caribbean story tales are true 'révélateur' of that spirit and affirms that the role of Caribbean folktale is to represent the culture."
She is the daughter of Aimé Césaire. Her mother, Suzanne Césaire, was a French writer from Martinique whose work is connected with the Francophone Negritude movement.
Works
Plays
- Mémoires d'Isles, Maman N. et Maman F. Paris: Editions Caribéennes, 1985.
- L'Enfant des Passages ou la Geste de Ti-Jean. Paris: Editions Caribéennes, 1987.
- La Maison close (inéd.). création 1991.
- Rosanie Soleil. Paris: Soc. Des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques, 1992. création 1992.
In English
- "Island Memories". Translation, Christiane Makward et J. Miller. Plays by French and Francophone Women. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994: 49–74. ISBN 978-0-472-08258-2
- "Fire's Daughters (Rosanie Soleil)". Translation. Judith G. Miller: New French Language Plays. New York: Ubu Repertory Theatre, 1993: 1–53.
Novels
- Zonzon Tête Carrée. Monaco: Ed. du Rocher, 1994 ISBN 978-2-268-01801-0; Monaco: Alphée/Le Serpent à Plumes, 2004.
Reviews
- Bruckner, D. J. R. (October 20, 1993). "Theater in Review". The New York Times.
- Miyasaki, June, "Writing the Landscape of Memory: Ina Cesaire's Memoires d'Isles", Journal of Caribbean Literatures, June 22, 2009.
References
- "Ina Césaire". 2002-11-23.
- Césaire, Ina (1981). "Littérature orale et contes". L'Historial Antillais, Guadeloupe et Martinique. Des Îles Aux Homes. 1: 479–490.
- Vété-Congolo, Hanétha (June 2007). "Caribbean Storytales: a Methodology for Resistance". Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal. 5: 7. doi:10.33596/anth.93.
- Kent, Alicia (2011). "Race, Gender, and Comparative Black Modernism: Suzanne Lacascade, Marita Bonner, Suzanne Césaire, Dorothy West (review)". Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers. 28: 143–145 – via Project MUSE.
External links
- "Frameworks For Interpreting French Caribbean Women's Theatre", Theatre Survey (2009), 50: 67–90.
- "Two Plays by Ina Césaire: Mémoires d'Isles and L'enfant des Passages", Theatre Research International, (1990), 15: 223–233.
- Vanessa Lee, Four Caribbean Women Playwrights: Ina Césaire, Maryse Condé, Gerty Dambury and Suzanne Dracius (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)
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