Fabienne Kanor

Born in France to Caribbean parents, Fabienne Kanor is a writer and filmmaker whose novels include D'eaux Douces , Humus , Je ne suis pas un homme qui , and Louisiane . Her works interrogate race and gender in France and the French Antilles, and West African migrations to France. Awarded the Chevalier des Arts & des Lettres and the 2020 Casa de Las Americas Prize, Kanor is a professor of French and Francophone Studies at Penn State.

Born in France to Caribbean parents, Fabienne Kanor is a writer and filmmaker whose novels include D'eaux Douces , Humus , Je ne suis pas un homme qui , and Louisiane . Her works interrogate race and gender in France and the French Antilles, and West African migrations to France. Awarded the Chevalier des Arts & des Lettres and the 2020 Casa de Las Americas Prize, Kanor is a professor of French and Francophone Studies at Penn State. See less