VEDRINE, Emmanuel W. [(•) Biyografi • Biographie • Biografía)] was born in L’Asile (Lazil), Haiti on January 15, 1959 in the communal section of Tournade & Mathias (opposite of the mountains Mòn Kabrit and Nan Solin). This valley was a small paradise in the past before they deforested all of Haiti to make charcoal to sell in Port-au-Prínce - a port that was once made for princes... Yes, his great historical novel, Sezon sechrès Ayiti, focuses on all these ecological problems of L’Asile and its communal sections to situate this fictional work where the story began to unfold.  -- E. W. Védrine was born not far from these 3 rivers: Depen (Des Pins), Mawo (Mahot) and Serpent which cause many problems when they overflow. These rivers form a single one (at Fond Tournade) not far from his house (located on a hill). This is where his unbilical cord was buried with a coconut atop (among two other coconut trees) facing these rivers, not far from the portal of his house with three urns near a crossroad divided into three paths... He survives Hurricane Flora, which hit Haiti on October 3, 1963 when a coconut tree broke his bed (•) He would bathe in these waters, splashing loudly, diving into deep pools to play spot (with mangoes) with boys in the area. Unfortunately, farmers in the area often pray God for rain in order to plant because there has never been any irrigation project to irrigate the land and garden still today... while the water of the rivers is being wasted and ends up in the sea (•) The boy left L’Asile  in September 1969 to settle in Port-au-Prince - when this capital was largely clean and safe. He lived next to the old Ciné Lido, near “Portail Léogane” (•) At the age of 17, he left Haiti aboard Pan-Am for the United States, where his parents lived (from 1974). He obtained his Alien Card («Green Card» so known at the time) upon his arrival at the U.S Immigration at MIA (Miami International Airport). (•) Bibliographer, researcher, literary critic, community leader and  organizer, editor, educator (resources), essayist, former assistant counselor (in the Boston Public Schools), grammarian, interpreter, lexicographer, linguist, novelist, orator, poet, thinker and translator, E. W. Védrine attended universities in the United States and in Europe. Has received several SCHOLARSHIPS from American universities, among them: University of Massachusetts-Boston (Graduate Studies in Bilingual Education), University of Rhode Island (Graduate Studies in Hispanic Studies and Literature) • Harvard University (Graduate Studies in Theoretical Linguistics, Ph.D Program) • Indiana University (Graduate Studies in French and Creole Linguistics)... (•) UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES in Romance Languages, Education, General Linguistics and Social Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Boston (•) «G.T.P» / Graduate Teachers’ Program & Teaching License G7 à G12 (under the supervision of Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA, 1990) • German Studies at Goethe Institute in Boston (•) He started teaching in the Boston Public Schools (in 1987) as Teacher of Social Sciences(American History, World History, Haiti’s Culture et Languages, Preparation and Vocational Guidance) and Foreign Languages (Haian Creole / Kreyol, French and Spanish). Lecturer at the University of Rhode Island, Spanish Dept. Former French and Spanish Teacher at St. Gregory High School (Boston, Massachusetts). Former Lecturer and Associate Researcher at Indiana University and at the Creole Institute of the university. Former Lecturer of Foreign Language at the Boston Language Institute (Boston, Massachusetts). (•) EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN EUROPE with: University of Massachusetts (Boston & Amherst) and University Rhode Island in Spain (Colegio de España, Salamanca: 1982, 85, 87, 89, 1990, 95 (summer programs). Graduate Diploma in Hispanic Studies (for Teachers of Spanish as Second Language), Colegio de España – Spain, 1989 (•) VISITING STUDENT: France (Université Sorbonne, Paris, 1982) • Sainte-Étienne and Marseille (1989) • Portugal (1982, 85, 87, 89, 90) • Mexico (UNAM / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1983 (Field research on the variation of the Spanish language in Mexico) • Spain (Universidad de Salamanca : 1985, 87, 89) • Italy (Rome 1982, Verona 1985) • Austria (Vienna, 1989) • Germany (Freiburg, 1989) • Switzerland (1989). United States (University of Massachusetts-Amherst (1991, Spanish Dept.). (•) FOUNDER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of «E. W. Védrine Creole Project» (1992), an editorial project focusing on the development of teaching materials for Haitian Bilingual Programs (in the diaspora and in Haiti) and for learners of Haitian Creole (•) RESEARCHER  & EDITOR IN RESIDENCE: Indiana University (1997, Dept. of French & Italian [FRIT] & at the Creole Institute). (•) CONTRIBUTION AS EDITOR: • Chapter 766(Boston Public Schools), Translator & Bilingual Editor) • Indiana University Haitian Creole-English Bilingual Dictionary  (native speakers revision team) • Cambridge Brick House (Hispanic Editors) • Pimsleur Language Training • MIT2 - Mason Integrated Technology • Simon & Schuster • Supervision of the University de Massachusetts-Boston Language Lab (•) PUBLICATIONS (AUTHOR’S COMPLETE WORKS): «Thirty Years of Research & Publications on Haiti, the Haitian Diaspora and on Haitian Creole H (Kreyol)» (•) PUBLICATIONS REFERENCES (in anthologies, magazines, journals, publishing houses, web site): Anthology of Haitian poets of Massachusetts, Bon Nouvèl, Boston Haitian Reporter, Educa Vision, CreoList Archives, Haiti 2004, Haiti Courrier, Haitian Creole – English Bilingual Dictionary (Indiana University), Haitian-English Dictionary (University of Kansas), Haitionline.com, Haïti en Marche, Haïti Progrès, Haitian-American Souls (anthology), Haitian-American Tribune, Haitian-American News, Istwa Pwezi Kreyòl (anthology), JKA (Jounal Kreyòl Ayisyen), Journal of Pidgin & Creole Languages, Komè, Kreyòl Connection, Kreyol.org, Le Matin, Le Nouvelliste, Libète, Love and other poems by Haitian Youth (anthology), MIT2 Marilyn Mason & Wikipedia Kreyol, Orèsjozèf Publications, REKA, Revolution Revolution Revolution (anthology), The Creole Connection, Potomitan.info, Prisma (literary review, University of Massachusetts-Boston), Soleil des Iles (magazine literary, Montréal), The Nations Tribune, Soup to Nuts, SICRAD, Tanbou.com,  Trilingual Press, The Mass Media (University of Massachusetts-Boston), Voices of the sun, Windowsonhaiti.com, SEDRA… (•) HIS INTEREST IN RESEARCH & IN ACTIVITIES: Writers’ workshop, cruise boat, Debate, Bilingual Education, Writing (fiction), Teaching Materials Development, Summer camp, Linguistics (Haitian Creole, French and Spanish), Literature (creole, francophone, hispanic and Haitian Literature of the Diaspora), swimming, cycling, translation, training and youth orientation (•) Some key professors and advisors (for Language, Linguistics and Literature): • Albert Valdman (Ph.D., 1960, Cornell University) – French & Creole Linguistics • Clement A. White (Ph.D, 1989, Brown University) – Latin-American & Caribbean Literature • Esther Torrego (Ph.D, Universidad de Madrid, Spain – General Linguistics & Hispanic) • Jeanette Grillet Ambrose (PH.D – Université Sorbonne, Linguistics & French Studies) who shows a great interest in the study of Creole Linguistics and who motivates him to start researching on the mother tongue (Kreyol) • Juan C. Zamora (Ph.D, State University of New-York at Buffalo – Hispanic Linguistics Seminars in Spain) • Ricardo Navas Ruiz (Ph.D, 1959, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain- Interview:  -- Colegio de España, International Program in Spanish – Hispanic Linguistics, Spanish & Latin-American Literature) •  Robert H. Spaethling (Ph.D, 1959, University of California-Berkeley, Language & German Studies (•) Former hos the Haitian radio talk show «Chache Konnen ak Védrine» (Boston, 1996-1997), a program based on research and literary criticism (on Haïti Diaspo Inter 1330 - Boston, Massachusetts). E. W. Védrine received the «Certificate of Leadership» from University Massachusetts-Boston, College of Public Service and Community / CPCS - CIRCLE Program (1997) (•) In the Spring of 2003, E. W. Védrine represented Haiti at the International Linguistics Colloquium in French Guiana (at the invitation of IRD / Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), theme of the conference «Écrire les Langues de Guyane : Writing the languages of French Guyana». Haitian Creole is among the 11 languages spoken in French Guina. He received the «Official Mention» and the Honor of the Dean of Students’ Affairs at the University of Massachusetts-Boston for his services to the university (1984-85) and the «Plaque of Honor» from the Société Négritude for his research on Haitian Creole (•) In praise of the author (English • French) (•) From 2016 to 2017, E. W. Védrine moderated the Haitian Forum «Ayisyen Ini nan Kiraso : Haïtians United of Curaçao» founded by Benito Desroches (former candidate for the Parlement of Curaçao) (•) Since 2017, E. W. Védrine has been running an educational program through social networks entitled «Edike Ayisyen Ayiti, e Ayisyen nan Dyaspora : Educating Haitians in Haiti and those in the Diaspora» (•) According to him, his success as writer is the quantify and quality of educational materials he can produce in the native language (Kreyol) to be used frely to help in the education of the Haitian people, but not how much money he will get from his publications (•) E. W. Védrine received these awards: Guest Speaker of the Year Award from the ITIAHaiti  Organization (December 2020, Boston, Massachusetts) and the World Farmers Awards 2022 from MEPHA (•) E. W. Védrine lives between New England and the Dutch Caribbean (•) KEY WORDS: Creole Studies, Creolistics, Curriculum Development for Bilingual Programs, Haitian Bilingual Programs (in the USA), Haitian Creole (Kreyol), Haitian Culture and Language, Haitian Diaspora and Language, Hispanic Linguistics, Material Development for Bilingual Programs. [Updated July 4, 2023].

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