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Guadeloupean poet

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Guy Tirolien Born (1917-02-13)February 13, 1917 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe Died March 8, 1988(1988-03-08) (aged 71) Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe Occupation Poet, colonial administrator, international civil servant Nationality French (Guadeloupean) Literary movement Négritude Notable works Prière d'un petit enfant nègre, Balles d'or, Feuilles vivantes au matin Relatives Malika Tirolien (granddaughter)

**Guy Tirolien** (French pronunciation: [\[ɡi tiʁɔljɛ̃\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French); February 13, 1917 – March 8, 1988) was a [Guadeloupean](/source/Guadeloupe) poet. He was born in [Point-à-Pitre](/source/Point-%C3%A0-Pitre) and died at the age of 71 in [Marie-Galante](/source/Marie-Galante).

## Biography

Guy Tirolien was born in [Point-à-Pitre](/source/Point-%C3%A0-Pitre), [Guadelope](/source/Guadelope) to Furcie Tirolen and Léontine Alméda Colonneau. He was admitted to the [Lycée Louis-le-Grand](/source/Lyc%C3%A9e_Louis-le-Grand) in [Paris](/source/Paris), where he met [Aimé Césaire](/source/Aim%C3%A9_C%C3%A9saire), [Léopold Sédar Senghor](/source/L%C3%A9opold_S%C3%A9dar_Senghor) and [Léon-Gontran Damas](/source/L%C3%A9on-Gontran_Damas), with whom he took part in the creation of the [Négritude](/source/N%C3%A9gritude) ideological movement.[1] He was also a [colonial](/source/Colonialism_in_Africa) administrator in [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon) and [Mali](/source/Mali), where he met several figures of the [Harlem Renaissance](/source/Harlem_Renaissance). However, he was taken prisoner during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). Afterwards, he worked as an international civil servant, representing the [UN](/source/UN), notably in [Mali](/source/Mali) and [Gabon](/source/Gabon). He is the grandfather of singer-songwriter [Malika Tirolien](/source/Malika_Tirolien).

## Work

Tirolien is known as the author of "*Prière d'un petit enfant nègre*" (1943), a poem included in his book "Balles d'or" published by [Présence Africaine](/source/Pr%C3%A9sence_Africaine). The poem is about a black child who does not want to go to the white school. He also wrote "Feuilles vivantes au matin" under the same publisher.

## Selected works

- *Balles d'or*, published by Présence Africaine in 1961 and 1995[2]

- *Feuilles vivantes au matin*, published by Présence Africaine in 1977[3]

- *De Marie-Galante à une poétique afro-antillaise*, published by L'Harmattan, collected by Monde Caraïbe[4]

- *l'homme et l'œuvre*, published by Présence Africaine in 1991[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Guy Tirolien"](https://memoire-esclavage.org/biographies/guy-tirolien). *Fondation pour la Mémoire de l'Esclavage* (in French). Retrieved 2025-07-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Guy Tirolien (1961). [*Balles d'or: poèmes*](https://books.google.com/books?id=jcXqrGy_nFs) (in French). Présence africaine. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [2708700871](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/2708700871). Retrieved 2025-07-01. {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#invalid_isbn_date))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Guy Tirolien (1977). *Feuilles vivantes au matin: nouvelles* (in French). Présence africaine. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9782708703407](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9782708703407).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Guy Tirolien, Michel Tétu (1990). Michel Tétu (ed.). [*Guy Tirolien: de Marie-Galante à une poétique afro-antillaise*](https://books.google.com/books?id=lwdWpoxlh-IC) (in French). Éditions Caribéennes. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9782876790629](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9782876790629). Retrieved 2025-07-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Willy Alante-Lima, Guy Tirolien (1991). [*Guy Tirolien: l'homme et l'œuvre*](https://books.google.com/books?id=cv9cAAAAIAAJ) (in French). Présence africaine. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9782708705562](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9782708705562). Retrieved 2025-07-01.

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