The Embassy of Haiti in Paris congratulates and warmly thanks the Haitian writer Louis-Philippe Dalembert, one of the 4 finalists for the Prix Goncourt, awarded on November 3, 2021. Being in the last square of 4 finalist writers, Louis-Philippe Dalembert confirmed his stature as a major writer and recalled the place occupied by the very rich Haitian literature in the world.

The sad fate of "Emmet", hero of the magnificent novel "Milwaukee Blues" by Dalembert, published by Sabine Wespieser, reveals the mechanism and the disastrous effects of racial discrimination, without concession and without Manichaeism https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-35099-icihaiti-goncourt-2021-milwaukee-blues-by-louis-philippe-dalembert-among-the-4-finalists.html

The Embassy of Haiti also congratulates the three other competitors, more particularly Mohamed Mbougar Sarr who won the prestigious Prix Goncourt with his novel "La plus secrète mémoire des hommes" at Éditions Philippe Rey / Jimsaan

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