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Aimé Fernand David Césaire
An image of Aimé Césaire in 2003 on a desk reading the cover of a book.
Aimé Césaire in 2003
Born
Aimé Fernand David Césaire

(1913-06-26)26 June 1913
Died17 April 2008(2008-04-17) (aged 94)
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure, University of Paris
Known forPoet, politician
Political partyParti Progressiste Martiniquais
SpouseSuzanne Roussi

Aimé Fernand David Césaire (/sˈzɜːr/; French: [sezɛʁ]; 26 June 1913 – 17 April 2008) was a Francophone and French poet, author and politician from Martinique. He was "one of the founders of the négritude movement in Francophone literature". His works included Une Tempête, a response to Shakespeare's play The Tempest, and Discours sur le colonialisme (Discourse on Colonialism), an essay describing the strife between the colonizers and the colonized. His works have been translated into many languages.