Aimé Césaire - Stony Words 2026
Jane HiddlestonAimé CésaireSaturday 24 January - 2.30pmStony Stratford Library
Aimé Césaire is arguably the greatest Caribbean literary writer in history.
Best known for his epic poem (Cahier
d'un retour au pays natal),
he reinvented black culture by conceiving “négritude” as a dynamic process of self-creation. He was also deeply immersed in the political
life of his native Martinique for over 50 years
Jane Hiddleston is Professor of Literatures in French at the University of Oxford.
