Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite

novelist, spoken word artist, dub poet, essayist, digital drummer and short fiction writer

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1963

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 14-Jul-2008

Profession: poet, drummer, novelist, essayist, spoken word artist, dub poet

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Lawrence Christopher Patrick (aka Ytzhak) Braithwaite (March 17, 1963 – July 14, 2008) was a Canadian novelist, spoken-word artist, dub poet, essayist, digital drummer and short fiction writer. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he has been called "one of the outstanding Canadian prose writers alive" (Gail Scott) and linked to the "New Narrative" movement, a term coined by Steve Abbott.
He was the author of the legendary cult novel Wigger.Braithwaite's work has been praised by Dodie Bellamy for its "sublime impenetrability".
and is fueled by a modernist and Fredric Jameson-influenced late modernist approach to writing and recording.
His work is influenced by the musical and social realism of punk rock, opera, musique concrète, noise, hip hop, rap, industrial, black metal, country music and dub. Braithwaite utilized the intensity of the New York City No Wave scene and the Los Angeles and Montreal hardcore punk music subcultures to compose his narrative.
His family has laid him to rest in Notre-Dames-des-Neiges Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec. Braithwaite was openly gay, although he was a vocal critic of the LGBT community's sometimes inadequate response to issues of racism.