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Césaire

American  
[say-zer] / seɪˈzɛr /

noun

  1. Aimé Fernand 1913–2008, West Indian poet, playwright, and politician.


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Both Laurence and myself are the products of hybrid, many-faceted experiences which range from Edouard Gilssant and Aimé Césaire to Pasolini and Marguerite Duras.

From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2023

RDGK: I would say — following the argument that Aimé Césaire made in 1950, and that Hannah Arendt made after that — that the roots of fascism are in colonial domination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2021

Grand theories such as those of Césaire, Arendt and Agamben are valuable, but risky.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2020

And for the 2019–20 school year, students can eschew Shakespeare and Homer for a course on postcolonial literature that features the writings of Jamaica Kincaid, Salman Rushdie, Aimé Césaire, and Toni Morrison.

From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2019

Césaire had disappeared, taking advantage of the door being open.

From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 by Guy de Maupassant

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