Confiant, Raphaël, 1951-

found: Le nègre et l'amiral, 1988:t.p. (Raphaël Confiant) p. 4 of cover (b. 1951 in Martinique)

found: Wikipedia, Oct. 3, 2013(Raphaël Confiant (b. Jan. 25, 1951, Le Lorrain), is a Martinican writer known for his literary commitment towards Creole literature; studied English and Political Science at the Sciences Po Aix and Law at Paul Cézanne University in Aix-en-Provence, France; a founder of creolite movement, Eloge de la créolité (In Praise of Creoleness, 1989), a movement characterized as a reaction to the Négritude movement, which emphasized the African origins of the Antillean people; Confiant is a well-known writer in both Creole and French and is currently a lecturer at the University of the French West Indies and Guiana (UAG)) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciences_Po_Aix