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Notebook of a Return to My Native Land

Also Known As Cahier d'un retour au pays natal
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A book-length poem by the Martinican writer Aime Cesaire, written originally in French as Cahier d'un retour au pays natal and first published in 1939, with revised editions in 1947 and 1956. Blending poetry and prose, it explores Black African and Caribbean cultural identity under colonialism and is considered Cesaire's masterwork and a founding text of the Negritude movement. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Original Language
French 1
Composed, From (Year)
from 1939 2
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Authored By

Aime Cesaire, Authors
Source Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wikipedia)

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Lyric Poetry, Genres
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1. Wikipedia
2. Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wikipedia)
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    Cahier d'un retour au pays natal (first published in 1939, with two revised editions in 1947 and a final edition in 1956)...is a book-length poem by Martinican writer Aime Cesaire.
  • Authored By: Aime Cesaire, Lead section, authorship
    Cahier d'un retour au pays natal...is a book-length poem by Martinican writer Aime Cesaire.
  • In Genre: Lyric Poetry, Lead section, genre
    a book-length poem
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