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2011 Prince Claus Award presented to Kettly Mars in Haiti
On Saturday 25 February the Dutch Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, HE Ms. Rita D. Rahman, presented a 2011 Prince Claus Awards to Haitian writer Kettly Mars. The ceremony took place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the presence of the Minister of Culture of Haiti, Pierre Raymond Dumas. The Prince Claus Fund was represented by Peter Geschiere, Chairman of the 2011 Prince Claus Awards Committee.
Photo (LtoR): Peter Geschiere (Chair Prince Claus Awards Committee), Louis-Henri Mars (husband of Kettly Mars), Kettly Mars (2011 Prince Claus Laureate), Fariba Derakhshani (Coordinator Prince Claus Awards), Rita Dulci Rahman (Ambassador of the Netherlands to Dominican Republic), Pierre Raymond Dumas (Minister of Culture Haiti) and Rob Patberg (Consul General of the Netherlands to Haiti). Photo by Fabienne Douce/Haiti Reporters
Kettly Mars (1958, Port-au-Prince) is a bold and evocative writer who offers fresh insights on contemporary realities and a vibrant, nuanced exposé of Haitian society. Her first published writings were sensual and erotically charged poems highlighting the centrality of nature, the body and sexuality in human lives.
Kasale (2003) portrays the spiritual impasses experienced in daily struggles and what it means to be human in increasingly difficult circumstances. L’heure hybride (2005) explores homosexuality, a son’s love for his mother, her work as a prostitute and the pull of contradictory impulses and conflicting inner narratives. Fado (2008) looks unflinchingly at the lives of the poor and marginalised, and the hybrid conditions they have to negotiate, through the experience of a prostitute. Her most recent novel,Saisons sauvages (2010), which is translated in Dutch, is an examination of life under the Duvalier regime, the intertwining of power and sexuality, and the human consequences of the social intricacies and survival mechanisms necessary in authoritarian environments.
Currently working on an anthology of Haitian women writers from the 18th century to the present, and an active participant in literary events, Mars has written passionately on the importance of community and solidarity in the post-earthquake context. According to the Prince Claus Awards Committee Kettly Mars is honored “for putting the universality of the human condition at the centre of her work, for sharing the rich complexities of her country’s realities through her writing, for her daring treatment of unconventional subjects, and for giving an important new impulse to Haitian literature.”
Through the Prince Claus Awards the Fund annually honors eleven cultural pioneers: courageous and engaged people who stand up for their ideas and who are an inspiration for others.
"daring treatment of unconventional subjects"
2011 Prince Claus Awards Jury report on Kettly Mars
Prince Claus Award presented to Kettly Mars
zaterdag
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Kettly Mars
| location: | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| address: | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| time: | from 00:00 till 00:00 |
2011 Prince Claus Award presented to Kettly Mars in Haiti title
On Saturday 25 February the Dutch Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, HE Ms. Rita D. Rahman, presented a 2011 Prince Claus Awards to Haitian writer Kettly Mars. The ceremony took place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the presence of the Minister of Culture of Haiti, Pierre Raymond Dumas. The Prince Claus Fund was represented by Peter Geschiere, Chairman of the 2011 Prince Claus Awards Committee.
Photo (LtoR): Peter Geschiere (Chair Prince Claus Awards Committee), Louis-Henri Mars (husband of Kettly Mars), Kettly Mars (2011 Prince Claus Laureate), Fariba Derakhshani (Coordinator Prince Claus Awards), Rita Dulci Rahman (Ambassador of the Netherlands to Dominican Republic), Pierre Raymond Dumas (Minister of Culture Haiti) and Rob Patberg (Consul General of the Netherlands to Haiti). Photo by Fabienne Douce/Haiti Reporters
Kettly Mars (1958, Port-au-Prince) is a bold and evocative writer who offers fresh insights on contemporary realities and a vibrant, nuanced exposé of Haitian society. Her first published writings were sensual and erotically charged poems highlighting the centrality of nature, the body and sexuality in human lives.
Kasale (2003) portrays the spiritual impasses experienced in daily struggles and what it means to be human in increasingly difficult circumstances. L’heure hybride (2005) explores homosexuality, a son’s love for his mother, her work as a prostitute and the pull of contradictory impulses and conflicting inner narratives. Fado (2008) looks unflinchingly at the lives of the poor and marginalised, and the hybrid conditions they have to negotiate, through the experience of a prostitute. Her most recent novel,Saisons sauvages (2010), which is translated in Dutch, is an examination of life under the Duvalier regime, the intertwining of power and sexuality, and the human consequences of the social intricacies and survival mechanisms necessary in authoritarian environments.
Currently working on an anthology of Haitian women writers from the 18th century to the present, and an active participant in literary events, Mars has written passionately on the importance of community and solidarity in the post-earthquake context. According to the Prince Claus Awards Committee Kettly Mars is honored “for putting the universality of the human condition at the centre of her work, for sharing the rich complexities of her country’s realities through her writing, for her daring treatment of unconventional subjects, and for giving an important new impulse to Haitian literature.”
Through the Prince Claus Awards the Fund annually honors eleven cultural pioneers: courageous and engaged people who stand up for their ideas and who are an inspiration for others.
2011 Prince Claus Award presented to Kettly Mars in Haiti title
On Saturday 25 February the Dutch Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, HE Ms. Rita D. Rahman, presented a 2011 Prince Claus Awards to Haitian writer Kettly Mars. The ceremony took place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the presence of the Minister of Culture of Haiti, Pierre Raymond Dumas. The Prince Claus Fund was represented by Peter Geschiere, Chairman of the 2011 Prince Claus Awards Committee.
Photo (LtoR): Peter Geschiere (Chair Prince Claus Awards Committee), Louis-Henri Mars (husband of Kettly Mars), Kettly Mars (2011 Prince Claus Laureate), Fariba Derakhshani (Coordinator Prince Claus Awards), Rita Dulci Rahman (Ambassador of the Netherlands to Dominican Republic), Pierre Raymond Dumas (Minister of Culture Haiti) and Rob Patberg (Consul General of the Netherlands to Haiti). Photo by Fabienne Douce/Haiti Reporters
Kettly Mars (1958, Port-au-Prince) is a bold and evocative writer who offers fresh insights on contemporary realities and a vibrant, nuanced exposé of Haitian society. Her first published writings were sensual and erotically charged poems highlighting the centrality of nature, the body and sexuality in human lives.
Kasale (2003) portrays the spiritual impasses experienced in daily struggles and what it means to be human in increasingly difficult circumstances. L’heure hybride (2005) explores homosexuality, a son’s love for his mother, her work as a prostitute and the pull of contradictory impulses and conflicting inner narratives. Fado (2008) looks unflinchingly at the lives of the poor and marginalised, and the hybrid conditions they have to negotiate, through the experience of a prostitute. Her most recent novel,Saisons sauvages (2010), which is translated in Dutch, is an examination of life under the Duvalier regime, the intertwining of power and sexuality, and the human consequences of the social intricacies and survival mechanisms necessary in authoritarian environments.
Currently working on an anthology of Haitian women writers from the 18th century to the present, and an active participant in literary events, Mars has written passionately on the importance of community and solidarity in the post-earthquake context. According to the Prince Claus Awards Committee Kettly Mars is honored “for putting the universality of the human condition at the centre of her work, for sharing the rich complexities of her country’s realities through her writing, for her daring treatment of unconventional subjects, and for giving an important new impulse to Haitian literature.”
Through the Prince Claus Awards the Fund annually honors eleven cultural pioneers: courageous and engaged people who stand up for their ideas and who are an inspiration for others.
