André Paradis

André Paradis (22 August 1939 – 15 March 2024) was a French writer, novelist and essayist.^[1]

André Paradis
Born	(1939-08-22)22 August 1939 Sivry-Courtry, France
Died	15 March 2024(2024-03-15) (aged 84)
Nationality	French
Occupation	Writer

Biography

Born in Sivry-Courtry on 22 August 1939, Paradis became an English teacher in his birth city after studying in Paris.^[2] In 1966, he returned to his ancestral land of French Guiana and taught English at the Lycée Félix Éboué.^[3] He then taught the language at the University of the French West Indies and Guiana [fr] from 1996 to 2002, living in Remire-Montjoly.^[2]

Paradis became a columnist for the radio station Tout Moun in 1983. On 21 December 1986, he took part in the radio show La plume à l'oreille.^[4] He appeared on the 25-minute show for 15 years.^[5]

Among his other activities, Paradis was an activist for the independence of French Guiana. In 1969 and 1976, he wrote essays in the newspaper La Jeune Garde [fr] under the pseudonym Pierre-Albert.^[4]

André Paradis died on 15 March 2024, at the age of 84.^[6]

Works

• L'année du fromager (2001)^[7][8]
• Le soleil du fleuve (2002)
• Des hommes libres Fragments d'une histoire (2005)
• 2028 l'affaire Jean-Mohamed Galmot (2016)

Awards

• Prix carbet des lycéens for Des hommes libres Fragments d'une histoire (2005)^[9]