Aimé Césaire: Inventor of Souls

By Jane Hiddleston

Book Overview

Aim C saire is arguably the greatest Caribbean literary writer in history. Best known for his incendiary epic poem Notebook of a Return to My Native Land, C saire reinvented black culture by conceiving 'n gritude' as a dynamic and continuous process of self-creation.

In this essential new account of his life and work, Jane Hiddleston introduces readers to C saire's unique poetic voice and to his role as a figurehead for intellectuals pursuing freedom and equality for black people. C saire was deeply immersed in the political life of his native Martinique for over fifty years: as Mayor of Fort-de-France and Deputy at the French National Assembly, he called for the liberation of oppressed people at home and abroad, while celebrating black creativity and self-invention to resist a history of racism.

C saire's extraordinary life reminds us that the much-needed revolt against oppression and subjugation can--and should--come from within the establishment, as well as without.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509549773
• ISBN13: 9781509549771
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.4"