Mimi Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my will be honoured on September 20, 2013 at 9pm >><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\u201cHonour and respect, ladies and gentlemen! The Haitian storyteller, actor and writer, Mimi Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my has left us, to tell her stories on the other side. Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my passed away in Paris on April 27 at the age of 73.\u201d – April 30 edition of Le Monde<\/p>\n
Born in Haiti (Port-au-Prince, May 3, 1939), Mimi Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my pursued her higher education in France and has lived in Latin America, Sri Lanka, and North Africa. Her trajectory towards storytelling began while living abroad, while exploring her identity as a Haitian woman living overseas. This led her to get to know the Haitian community in France, and also to undertake extensive vocal work, which she uses to express her memories. In the late 1980s, Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my wrote and told stories, alone or with musicians, in cultural centers, libraries, apartments, prisons, and hospitals. With a desire to create a space for storytelling, she hosted \u201cLe Petit Contoire\u201d (Cit\u00e9 Veron) in 1987, where she delighted Parisian audiences with prestigious storytellers. In 1989 the 3rd Festival d’Acteurs d’Evry awarded her the Becker d\u2019Or for \u201cLa reine des poissons,\u201d which was discovered at the Avignon festival in 1987, and in 1992 she receivedthe Arletty de l\u2019Universalit\u00e9 de la Langue Fran\u00e7aise for \u201cLa derni\u00e8re lettre de l\u2019amiral.\u201d<\/p>\n
She has also created and presented shows in theaters that reflect the two main aspects of her research: The links between theatrical writing and orality, and the connections between personal stories, history, and fiction. These themes were explored in works such as \u201cLa cocarde d\u2019\u00e9b\u00e8ne\u201d (1989), \u201cSoldats-Marrons\u201d (1989), \u201cLa derni\u00e8re lettre de l\u2019amiral\u201d (1992), \u201cCaribana\u201d (1999), \u201cUne tr\u00e8s belle mort\u201d (2000), and \u201cJeux de cailloux\u201d (2003). Her interest in the Haitian tradition of storytelling through song led her to create a new type of musical storytelling with \u201cL\u2019oranger magique\u201d (1985), \u201cLa reine des poissons\u201d (1987), \u201cTendez chanter l\u2019amour\u201d (1995), and \u201cVoyage en papillon.\u201d She performs at a range of festivals and book fairs in France, Haiti, and worldwide. She has also served on several juries for short story awards. In 2000, she received the rank of Chevalier de l\u2019Ordre National du M\u00e9rite, and in 2001, the rank of Officier de l\u2019Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.<\/p>\n
Biography\u2019s excerpt from www.mimibarthelemy.com<\/p>\n
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