Ina Césaire

Ina Césaire (born in 1942 in Martinique) is a French playwright and ethnographer. In her 1981 article "Littérature orale et contes", "she discusses how Caribbean story tales are true 'révélateur' of that [Caribbean] spirit and affirms that the role of Caribbean folktale is to represent the culture."

She is the daughter of Aimé Césaire. Her mother, Suzanne Césaire, was a French writer from Martinique whose work is connected with the Francophone Negritude movement.

Plays

 * Mémoires d'Isles, Maman N. et Maman F. Paris: Editions Caribéennes, 1985.
 * L'Enfant des Passages ou la Geste de Ti-Jean. Paris: Editions Caribéennes, 1987.
 * La Maison close (inéd.). création 1991.
 * Rosanie Soleil. Paris: Soc. Des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques, 1992. création 1992.

In English

 * "Island Memories". Translation, Christiane Makward et J. Miller. Plays by French and Francophone Women. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994: 49–74. ISBN 978-0-472-08258-2
 * "Fire's Daughters (Rosanie Soleil)". Translation. Judith G. Miller: New French Language Plays. New York: Ubu Repertory Theatre, 1993: 1–53.

Novels

 * Zonzon Tête Carrée. Monaco: Ed. du Rocher, 1994 ISBN 978-2-268-01801-0; Monaco: Alphée/Le Serpent à Plumes, 2004.

Reviews

 * Miyasaki, June, "Writing the Landscape of Memory: Ina Cesaire's Memoires d'Isles", Journal of Caribbean Literatures, June 22, 2009.
 * Miyasaki, June, "Writing the Landscape of Memory: Ina Cesaire's Memoires d'Isles", Journal of Caribbean Literatures, June 22, 2009.