Marie-Magdeleine Carbet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Afro-Martiniquais writer and educator
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Place of Birth: Ducos, Martinique, France
About Marie-Magdeleine Carbet
- Marie-Magdeleine Carbet, the nom de plume of Anna Marie-Magdeleine, (25 August 1902 – 10 January 1996) was an Afro-Martiniquais writer and educator.
- Educated in both Martinique and France, she began her career as a teacher in Martinique.
- Coinciding with a personal relationship, Marie-Magdeleine took the surname "Carbet" with her partner and the two women began co-writing poems, stories and songs.
- They moved to Paris, where Carbet again worked as a teacher and was involved in artistic endeavors. At the beginning of World War II Carbet returned to Martinique to participate in a project to gather folklore traditions and was barred from returning to France for the duration of the war.
- She opened a school and later ran a bookstore with her partner until 1957.
- Returning alone to France, Carbet had her most productive literary period between 1957 and 1970.
- She won several literary prizes from French cultural organizations.
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