Unbroken nostalgia : Haitian Kreyòl poetry in Cuba / by Hilario Batista Félix ; translation, introduction, and notes by Mariana F. Past.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Batista Félix, Hilario, 1955- author.

Contributor:

Past, Mariana, 1971- translator, writer of introduction.

Standardized Title:

Nostalji san pwen ni vigil. English

Language:

English

Haitian French Creole

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Haitian poetry (French Creole).

Haitian poetry (French Creole)--Translations into English.

Haitian poetry.

Cuban poetry.

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xviii, 157 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Haitian Kreyòl poetry in Cuba

Place of Publication:

[Amherst, Massachusetts] : Amherst College Press, [2026]

Language Note:

Poems in Haitian French Creole, with Spanish translation, with English translation from the Spanish version of the original Haitian French Creole.

Summary:

Unbroken Nostalgia: Haitian Kreyòl Poetry in Cuba is the first English translation and scholarly edition of the collection Nostalji san pwen ni vigil: pwezi kreyòl nan peyi Kiba (2016) by Hilario Batista Félix. A poet, journalist, and language activist, Batista (1955- ) embodies and expresses Cuba's cultural and linguistic diversity as a descendant of Haitian migrant workers to Eastern Cuba during the mid-twentieth century; his poems bridge regions usually separated by language--the Spanish and Creolophone/Francophone Caribbean--and vividly depict the distinct heritage of Haitian Cubans and their shared dreams and challenges. A scholarly introduction by translator and editor Mariana F. Past provides biographical information about the author, situates his work within Haitian diasporic literature, and addresses patterns of Haitian migration to Cuba. Batista's original poems appear alongside facing-page English translations with annotations that clarify historical figures and events, geographical features, and Haitian cultural and religious practices. Grounded in oral storytelling traditions, Unbroken Nostalgia brings to light the collective memory and complicated hybridity of the Haitian community in Cuba and upholds Haitian Kreyòl as a language of resistance.

Notes:

English translation of Nostalji san pwen ni vigil: pwezi kreyòl nan peyi Kiba

Place of publication from publishers website.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9798895060216

9798895060230

OCLC:

1518494732