Rene Maran

Rene Maran (1887-1960) was a Martinican writer, poet, novelist an biographer. He authored a famous book Batouala, the first book by a black writer on blacks written for Western literature. He was the first black writer to win the French Prix Goncourt in 1921.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Life is short. Work only pleases those who will never understand it. Idleness cannot degrade anybody. It differs greatly from laziness.

Marcus Garvey

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