Edouard Glissant dies at age 83

Poet and critic Edouard Glissant died Thursday in Paris at the age of 83. Glissant was a prominent critic, poet and philosopher, whose re-thinking of the relation between margin and center has been a key influence in postcolonial studies. From the Washington Post:

Born in Sainte-Marie, Martinique, on Sept. 21, 1928, Glissant was among the generation of French Caribbean poets who came to prominence in the 1950s and included the late Aime Cesaire.

Glissant published more than 20 books, including collections of poetry and critical analyses.

A graduate of La Sorbonne university in Paris, he taught at both Louisiana State University and at the City University of New York.