Monplaisir, Emma (1918–)
Monplaisir, Emma (1918–)
Martiniquan novelist. Born 1918 in French Antilles; dau. of a French mother and Martiniquan father; grew up in Martinique.
Works include Cric Crac Martinique (1957), La Fille du Caraïbe (1960), Martinique et ses danses (1962), and Christophe Colomb chez les Indiens.
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