# Gerty Dambury

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Gerty Dambury (2012)

**Gerty Dambury** (born 1957) is a writer, educator and [theatre director](/source/Theatre_director) from [Guadeloupe](/source/Guadeloupe). Since 1981, she has written several plays including *Lettres indiennes* (1996) translated as *Crosscurrents* (1997). Her first novel *Les rétifs* (2012) appeared in English as *The Restless* in 2018. It is centred on the police violence in French Guadeloupe in 1967. For her play *Le rêve de William Alexander Brown*, she was awarded the [Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde](/source/Prix_Carbet_de_la_Cara%C3%AFbe_et_du_Tout-Monde) in 2015.[1][2][3]

## Biography

Born on 27 February 1957 in [Pointe-à-Pitre](/source/Pointe-%C3%A0-Pitre), Gert Dambury studied English and Arabic at [Paris Vincennes University](/source/Paris_8_University_Vincennes-Saint-Denis). She went on to study drama at [Paris Nanterre University](/source/Paris_Nanterre_University) and at [Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle University](/source/Sorbonne_Nouvelle_University_Paris_3).[1]

She first taught English in Guadeloupe and in the Paris region. In 1981, she began writing plays in French or [Creole](/source/French-based_creole_languages). Her most famous play, *Lettres indiennes*, comparing [Martinique](/source/Martinique) life for immigrants with that of Guadeloupe, was first performed in [Avignon](/source/Avignon) in 1996 and in English as *Crosscurrents* in [New York](/source/New_York_City) in 1997.[1][4][5] Her play *Trames* (2008), presented in English as *Shades*, was awarded the prize for drama by the [Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques](/source/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_des_Auteurs_et_Compositeurs_Dramatiques).[2] In 2015, she received the Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde for her play *Le rêve de William Alexander Brown*.[6]

Dambury's first novel, *Les rétifs*, published in French in 2012, builds on the riots in Guadeloupe in May 1967 when the author was 10 years old. The character Emilienne appears to bear many similarities to Dambury herself.[6] The novel was published in English as *The Restless* in 2018, attracting positive critical support.[7]

## See also

- [Kiyémis](/source/Kiy%C3%A9mis)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ile_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ile_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ile_1-2) Makward, Christiane. ["Gerty Dambury"](https://ile-en-ile.org/dambury/) (in French). Île en île. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-fc_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-fc_2-1) Self, Vanessa. ["Gerty Dambury A French intellectual in Miami"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182655/https://frenchculture.org/books-and-ideas/9130-gerty-dambury-french-intellectual-miami). Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States. Archived from [the original](https://frenchculture.org/books-and-ideas/9130-gerty-dambury-french-intellectual-miami) on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Biographie de Gerty Dambury"](https://www.franceculture.fr/personne-gerty-dambury) (in French). France Culture. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Rice-Maximin, Micheline (2003). ["Dambury, Gerty"](https://works.swarthmore.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&context=fac-french). Oxford University Press: Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Lettres indienne"](https://www.arche-editeur.com/piece/lettres-indiennes-1998) (in French). L'Arche. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-frcu_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-frcu_6-1) ["Authors on tour: Gerty Dambury"](https://frenchculture.org/books-and-ideas/authors-on-tour/7481-gerty-dambury). French Culture. 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["The Restless"](https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/the-restless). The Feminist Press. 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

## External links

- [Gerty Dambury's website](https://gertydambury.wixsite.com/monsite) (in French)

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