Edwidge Danticat Reaserch

  • Edwidge Danticat grew up in Heidi.
  • Her parents moved to United States when she was very young. Her father left when she was two years old. After two years, her mom left too. 
  • She came to United States to study when she was 12. She didn't fit in to the environment really well. Her works are greatly influence by her childhood experiences. 
  • She writes about three main themes: mother daughter relationship, national identity and diasporic politics.
  • Other than the three themes mentioned, Danticat also writes about justice and violence. She take her identity of woman very seriously as well. 
  • Her works are in different forms. She's not only involved in novel writing, but also filmmaking, short stories and children's literature. 
  • Lots of Danticat's works concludes the legends and other myth that she had heard since she was a child. 

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