Fabienne Kanor

Alison Rice (University of Notre Dame)

Ed. by Kate Averis, University of Western Australia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.07: French Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

Born 1970
Activity 2004-ongoing

Places

Active in France

Activities

Primary

Essayist
Film/TV Script-writer/ Screenwriter
Novelist
Playwright / Dramatist

Resources

Kanor's Works

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Born in France to parents from the island of Martinique, Fabienne Kanor is a prolific and provocative author of French literary and cinematic texts whose settings range from the French Caribbean to West and North Africa to France and the United States. Her work contemplates complex contemporary questions of race and gender in these different locations, and her œuvre is continually attentive to the histories of slavery and colonization and their ongoing impacts on individuals and societies today. As a novelist, she has published seven works of fiction to date (2004–2020). As a filmmaker, she has made two fictional films and over ten documentaries, and she is a playwright who has authored theatrical scripts as well. In addition to these creative accomplishments, Kanor is a scholar who…

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Citation: Rice, Alison . "Fabienne Kanor". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15350, accessed 18 January 2025.]