Home Writers Edwidge Danticat Edwidge Danticat Writer Edwidge Danticat (Haitian Creole pronunciation: [ɛdwidʒ dãtika]; born January 19, 1969) is a Haitian-American author. Personal facts Birth dateJanuary 19, 1969 Birth placeHaiti , Port-au-Prince NationalityHaitian American facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Writer Career start1994 Topical connections A. M. HomesWriter Bigga HaitianMusical artist Dany LaferrièreWriter Amy CorreiaMusical artist Anne SextonWriter Alan WearneWriter Adam NiswanderWriter Adam GopnikWriter Alexandre PétionPolitician Edwidge Danticat on Wikipedia Edwidge Danticat External resources http://www.democracynow.org/2010/11/11/haitian_american_novelist_on_the_immigrant http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/05/1419252 http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2008/11/24/081124fi_fiction_danticat