Good to see there wasn't even much doubt about this one: Dany Laferrière was made an immortel, elected to take fauteuil 2 in the Académie française.
He was elected handily, taking thirteen of twenty-three votes in the first round, good enough to sweep him into the seat.
(The last vote they held, for fauteuil 21, didn't go nearly as well: three rounds and no winner, meaning they gave up and will have to try again later.)
Haitian-Canadian author Laferrière well deserves the honor -- and several of his works are under review at the complete review: And I'm looking forward to his latest, Journal d'un écrivain en pyjama.
It's big news in France, of course, but they're also excited in Haiti (A great day for Haitian letters) and Canada (Novelist Dany Laferrière is first Canadian to be admitted to Académie française).
Haitian-Canadian author Laferrière well deserves the honor -- and several of his works are under review at the complete review: And I'm looking forward to his latest, Journal d'un écrivain en pyjama.
It's big news in France, of course, but they're also excited in Haiti (A great day for Haitian letters) and Canada (Novelist Dany Laferrière is first Canadian to be admitted to Académie française).