Born: 1953, Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Education: Studied literature in France; returned to Haiti - Roles: Novelist, essayist, cultural critic - Language: Writes in French (with Kreyòl inflections) - Award: Prix Médicis 2014 for Bain de lune - Residence: Lives in Haiti (not diaspora) - Legacy: One of Haiti's foremost living novelists; major voice for contemporary Haitian social reality from the inside
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Yanick LahensBain de lune2014
TimelineAcross the historical record.
- 2010-01-12
2010 Earthquake
earthquake — shapes the post-earthquake landscape of *Bain de lune* and *Douces déroutes*; Lahens remained in Haiti through the earthquake and its aftermath