DANIEL
THALY
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NAME
Daniel Thaly
Also known as Dr. Daniel Thaly
BORN:
Daniel Thaly
2nd December, 1879
Roseau, Dominica
PROFESSION
Doctor, curator
FAMILY
PARENTS:
? Thaly (Martinique) and Solange Thaly née Bellot (Dominica)
SIBLINGS:
EDUCATION
| Lycée St. Pierre, Martinique | |
| Studied medicine in Toulouse, France |
| DEGREES: | |
| Doctor of medicine, Toulouse, France | |
CAREER
| Archivist, Schoelcher Library, Fort-de-France, Martinique | |
| Curator, Victoria Museum, Roseau, Dominica | |
| Published 10 volumes of poetry, contributed to several magazines like the Parisian Mercure de France, and the Canadian Canada-West Indies Magazine |
WORKS
| POETRY BOOKS | |
| 1900 | Lucioles et Cantharides (Fireflies and Cantharides), Ollendorf |
| 1905 | La Clarté du sud (The Clarity of the South), Société Provinciale d'Éditions |
| 1911 | Le jardin des tropiques (The Garden of the Tropics), Éditions de Beffroi |
| Chansons de mer et d'outre mer (Songs of the Sea and Overseas), Éditions de la Phalange | |
| 1913 | Nostalgies françaises (French Nostalgia), Éditions de la Phalange |
| 1923 | L'Ile et le voyage, petite odyssée d'un poète lointain (The Island and the Voyage), Le Divan |
| 1928 | Chants de l’Atlantique (Songs of the Atlantic), Garnier |
| 1932 | Héliotrope ou Les amants innconnus (Heliotrope or Other Unknown Lovers), Le Divan |
| POEMS | |
| L’île Lointaine | |
NOTABLE
| He is lauded and studied by French West Indians as one of the pioneers of the Nègritude movement (literary self-awareness movement—his works are studied along with that of Aimé Césaire among others | |
| Owned Hertford Estate (now known as Jimmit); lived in the house at the corner on Great George and Hillsborough streets (now branch of the Wesley High School) | |
| Avid bird watcher, recorded many Dominican birds |
DIED
1st October, 1950
Dominica