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Death Of A Poet

April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

How to honour a giant of French literature who has had a unique place in the hearts and conscience of the country for the best part of the last 50 years? That’s the question that many are posing after the death on Thursday at the age of 94 of the poet and political activist, Aimé Césaire.

There have been calls for him to be interred at the Panthéon in Paris - the final resting place of many of this country’s Greats. While many are in favour, it still needs to be clarified what Césaire himself would have wanted, and whether he should be buried on his native Martinique, where his funeral will take place on Sunday.

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