Fred Lafortune received his undergraduate degree in French Studies from Rhode Island College; he is currently a PhD student in Boston University\u2019s French Language & Literature program. His main research interests are post-colonial studies and literary criticism and theory.<\/p>\n
Fred is the author of several books, including En nulle autre<\/em>, Silex<\/em>, and An n al Lazil<\/em>, a poetry collection written in Haitian Creole for which he received the Dominique Batraville Prize in 2017. In 2018, Fred received the Best Poet of the Year Award by the Haitian Academy Award. His poems have been published in several anthologies, including the Anthologie de Po\u00e9sie Ha\u00eftienne Contemporaine<\/em>, published in Paris by \u00c9dition du Seuil \u2013 Collection Points. Additionally, Fred is the director of a collection of poetry called L\u2019immortel<\/em> put together by JEBCA Editions in Boston.<\/p>\n