Jacques Stéphen Alexis

Japanese: アレクシ(英語表記)Jacques Stéphen Alexis
Jacques Stéphen Alexis
1922‐61
Haitian author. Born into a distinguished family whose ancestor was Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution. While studying in France, he absorbed Négritude literature from Césaire and Senghor, existentialism from Sartre, critical realism from Flaubert and Zola, and socialist realism from Gorky and Ehrenburg, and developed his own unique style known as "phenomenal realism." His work General Sun (1955) was also introduced in Japan. [Kamishiro Osamu]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
1922‐61
ハイチの作家。独立革命の指導者デサリーヌを先祖に持つ名門の出。フランス留学中,セゼールやサンゴールからネグリチュード文学を,サルトルから実存主義を,フローベールとゾラから批判的リアリズムを,そしてゴーリキーとエレンブルグから社会主義リアリズムを摂取し,〈驚異的リアリズム〉という独自の手法を開拓した。作品《太陽将軍》(1955)は,日本にも紹介された。【神代 修】

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