Edwidge Danticat

Finalist, 2026 National Book Awards
Finalist, 2007 National Book Awards
Finalist, 1995 National Book Awards

Edwidge Danticat is the author of The Art of Death, a National Book Critics Circle finalist; Claire of the Sea Light, a New York Times Notable Book; Brother, I’m Dying, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award Finalist; The Dew Breaker, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist; The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner; Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah’s Book Club selection; and Krik? Krak!, also a National Book Award Finalist. Learn more >

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Dèy

dey book cover with finalist medallion
ISBN 9780593803523
Knopf / Penguin Random House
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Brother, I’m Dying

Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat book cover, 2007
ISBN 9781400034307
Alfred A. Knopf

In this affecting memoir, the author tells the story of her two fathers -- her dad and her uncle – and her family’s own diaspora between Haiti and the United States. More about this book >

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Krik? Krak!

Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat book cover
ISBN 9781569470251
Soho Press
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Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat is the author of The Art of Death, a National Book Critics Circle finalist; Claire of the Sea Light, a New York Times Notable Book; Brother, I’m Dying, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award Finalist; The Dew Breaker, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist; The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner; Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah’s Book Club selection; and Krik? Krak!, also a National Book Award Finalist. She is a Neustadt International Prize for Literature winner and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.

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