Marie-Célie Agnant

Marie-Célie Agnant (born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1953) is an author who has been living in Quebec, Canada, since 1970. In 2023, she was appointed the tenth Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate.

Agnant is a writer of poems, novels and novellas, and she has also published children's books. She is also a storyteller and occasionally appears with the Bread & Puppet Theater of Vermont. Her works have been translated into Spanish, English, Dutch, Italian, Catalan and Korean. Her books include Silence Like Blood (Le Silence comme le sang, 1997), which was nominated for the 1998 Governor General's Award, and La Dot de Sara.

Works

Novels

News nonfiction

Poetry

Balafres, Centre international de documentation et d'information haïtienne, caribéenne et afro-canadienne (CIDIHCA), 1994.

Children's literature

Alexis d'Haïti, Montreal, Hurtubise, 1999; reprint, Hurtubise HMH, “Atout” collection no . 30 , 2006. (ISBN 9782894288979) Maïté’s Christmas, Montreal, Hurtubise, 1999. (ISBN 9782894283707) Alexis, son of Raphaël, Montreal, Hurtubise, 2000; reprint, Hurtubise HMH, "Atout” collection no . 47 , 2006. (ISBN 9782894289372) Twenty Little Steps to Maria, Montreal, Hurtubise, 2001. (ISBN 9782894285398) Maria, Maria, Maria, Montreal, Hurtubise, 2001. (ISBN 9782894285398) The Magic Orange Tree, Montreal, Les 400 coups, 2003. (ISBN 9782895401384) The Legend of the Loving Fish, Montreal, Mémoire d'encrier, 2003. (ISBN 9782923153070) The Night of the Armadillo: an Aymara tale from the Peruvian forest, Montreal, Les 400 coups, 2008. (ISBN 9782895403821) A little round happiness, Ed. Bouton d'Or Acadie, New Brunswick, 2019