Danticat, Edwidge

The 2020 Vilcek Prize in Literature is bestowed upon Edwidge Danticat. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Danticat in her work surveys intersecting themes of national and cultural identity, immigration and diaspora, women’s experiences, and Haitian American lives.

In this 2004 interview, Edwidge Danticat talks about her new novel "The Dew Breaker", the story of Haitian-Americans who bear emotional and physical scars from Haiti’s violent past under the Duvalier dictatorship of the 1960s and ’70s. Original broadcast date: May 05, 2004

Edwidge Danticat disucsses her new book, "Everything Inside: Stories." - Edwidge Danticat, a prominent Haitian-American writer, is the author of numerous books, including "The Art of Death', "Claire of the Sea Light" and "I'm Dying."