![]() It was banned in Haiti, however, and the Chauvet family bought back all rights. Amour, colère et folie (1968) has received high critical acclaim for the combination of a lucid style and unadorned insights into the fearful grip of François Duvalier and his Tonton Macoutes on the Haitian bourgeoisie and intellectuals. Fonds des Nègres (1960) depicts a young city woman who regains the taste for traditional culture when she is caught in a small town. In Danse sur le volcan (1957), she brought a feminist perspective to bear on the Haitian Revolution, at a moment when women's movements were virtually nonexistent in Haiti. ![]() She received early recognition for her first novel, Fille d'Haïti (1954), which received the prize of the Alliance Française. ![]() ![]() Chauvet is the most widely known Haitian woman novelist, and yet her audience has remained restricted. 19 June 1973), Haitian novelist and playwright. ![]()
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