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Born January 19, 1969 (age 56) • Port-au-Prince • Haiti
Notable Works “Breath, Eyes, Memory” • “Brother, I’m Dying” • “Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work” • “Everything Inside” • “Krik? Krak!” • “The Dew Breaker” • “The Farming of Bones” • “Untwine”

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