The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales

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Chamoiseau, Patrick

Chamoiseau, Patrick (1953– ),
Martinican novelist, playwright, and essayist. Born in Martinique and living in France, he has written extensively the language and history of creole culture. In his novels (Chronique des sept misères (Chronicle of Seven Miseries, 1986); Solibo magnifique (Magnificent Solibo, 1988); Texaco, 1992, among others), he frequently employs characters and motifs from Caribbean folklore. Chamoiseau's Au temps de l'antan: contes du pays martinique (Creole Folktales, 1988) features versions of well‐known fairy tales, such as ‘Bluebeard’ in ‘Une affaire de mariage’ (‘A Little Matter of Marriage’), while highlighting the remarkable wit and irony of the storyteller.

Lewis C. Seifert

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