Lafortune Book Featured at Festival
Fred Lafortune, an incoming student in our French Language & Literature PhD program, participated in a panel at Gordon College’s Five Ponds Creative Writing Festival. The panel focused on Lafortune’s own book, specifically on the translation of it. His book – An n al Lazil – was originally written in Haitian Creole and is in the process of being translated into English by Dr. Jonathan Bennett Bonilla and Jean Dany Joachim. Lafortune jointed the translators for a panel discussion about the translation process.
Lafortune’s book was awarded the 2017 Dominique Batraville Prize in Haiti.