Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou
Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou | |
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Born | painter and poet | May 11, 1909
![Julien Lung-Fou's statue of Victor Schoelcher](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Statue_de_Victor_Schoelcher_%C3%A0_Schoelcher_%28Martinique%29.jpg/220px-Statue_de_Victor_Schoelcher_%C3%A0_Schoelcher_%28Martinique%29.jpg)
Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou (11 May 1909-1981) was the first female sculptor in Martinique, a storyteller and poet.[2]
Biography
Born in
She was the island's first author of Chinese origin, making a name for herself in Creole theatre, with stories and poems also in Creole. In 1969, she published a play entitled Trois Bonnes Fortunes, showing a playful sense of humour in three social satires, followed in 1973 by Fables créoles transposées et illustrées.[5] This book translates La Fontaine's French tales into Creole, with illustrations by the author.[6]
During an event in 2018 to mark the naming of a library in Les Trois-Îlets in her honour, the author, Raphaël Confiant spoke of her as a precursor of Creolité, a person who accepted multiple identities as her own.[7] She is also known as a collector and writer of créole tales who worked to preserve and maintain creole culture, in Carnival,[8] in her own conduct and through storytelling.
In its page about the dedication, the town's site quotes Julien Lung-Fou speaking about her interest in tales:[9]
"The love of my country has led me to study our popular traditions. To all those who may not have known the wonderful time when the das used to lull our childhood with the stories of Compè Lapin, Ti-Jean, Gens-Gros-Mône, I offer collections, stories, proverbs, riddles (or titimes) as they were told to me, in which all the spirit, all the faux naive mischief of the Creole people, shines through.
— Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou
Her writing is used to teach Martinician Creole; it is a part of the literary history of the language as well as an inspiration to contemporary writers.[10][11]
Works
Books
1956 Dialogue. Revue culturelle chez Madame Julien Lung-Fou.
1950s Les recettes de cuisine martiniquaise de Da Elodie[12]
1958 Fables créoles[13]
1973 Fables créoles transposées et illustrées
1979 Le carnaval aux antilles[14]
1980 La santé de maman et bébé par les plantes (in collaboration with Renée Beuze)[15]
1977 A preface for René Bonneville's (1871-1902) La Vierge cubaine[16]
1980 Contes créoles[17]
1980 Contes diaboliques[18]
1980 Contes animaux, proverbes, titimes ou devinettes[19]
Nouvelles fables créoles[20]
Theatre
1969 3 bonnes fortunes : trois comédies en un acte ; three comedies of manners written with Albert Adréa: Le crucifix, Le Saint Joseph and Pauvres pisseuses.
Poetry
1958 Musique noire : (poèmes)[21]
1976 Les piments doux : 25 fantaisies de[22]
See also
Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou: A biography written as part of the Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions “The Origin of Others” research programme, in partnership with the Clark Art Institute.
References
- ^ Chaulet Achour, Christiane (2020-06-10). "Ces statues qui font l'actu: Victor Schœlcher en Martinique". Diacritik. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ "La statuaire publique : revoir l'invisible". Le Quotidien de l'Art (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ Lozère, Christelle; Moïse, Myriam; Caruge, Mickaël. "Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Translated by Caroline Taylor-Bouché. Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- OCLC 5196987.
- OCLC 25150616.
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- ^ "Trois-Ilets : nauguration de la Bibliothèque Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou". Montray Kréyol (in French). 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ "L'Association Carnaval Foyal prépare son "carnaval alternatif" pour début février". Martinique la 1ère (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "Bibliothèque". Ville des Trois-Ilets (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ "Chronique Créole 004: Marie-Thérèse Julien-Lung-Fou – GigaMartinique". Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ Duranty, Jude. "Potomitan - Fantézi". www.potomitan.info. Archived from the original on 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ Julien Lung-Fou, Marie Thérèse. Les recettes de cuisine martiniquaise de Da Elodie (in French). Fort-de-France: Imp. Antillaise Saint-Paul.
- OCLC 495548653.
- OCLC 11030697.
- OCLC 461609481.
- ^ Bonneville, René (1977). La Vierge cubaine (in French). Morne-Rouge: Éditions des Horizons caraïbes.
- ^ Julien Lung-Fou, Marie-Thérèse (1980). Contes créoles. Fort-de-France: Désormeaux.
- OCLC 17028464.
- OCLC 17028464.
- OCLC 800996647.
- OCLC 469723932.
- OCLC 495548736.