René Depestre

René Depestre
René Depestre
Born	29 August 1926
Occupation	Poet, writer, essayist
Works	Hadriana in All My Dreams
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship (1995); Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle (1982); Prix Renaudot (Hadriana in All My Dreams, 1988); Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry (1991); Prix Guillaume Apollinaire (1993); Grand Prix de Poésie (1998); Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde (1998); Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL (2016) ;

René Depestre (born 29 August 1926, Jacmel, Haiti) is a Haitian-French poet and former communist activist. He is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature. He lived in Cuba as an exile from the Duvalier regime for many years and was a founder of the Casa de las Américas publishing house. He is best known for his poetry.