Poet, intellectual, politician and black dramatist, he was born in Martinique in 1913. At the age of 18 he moved to Paris to complete his studies. In 1936 he began to write the book of poems "Cahier d’un reotur au pays natal", which he consecrated as a poet and which he finally published in 1939, the year in which he returned to his island with his wife Suzanne Roussi and her son. In 1945 Césaire began his political career being elected mayor of Fort-de-France and deputy to the French Constituent Assembly by the Communist Party of France, which he left in 1956 to found the Progressive Martiniqués Party, through which he will continue to be active in the Martinique's policy until practically today. Among his poetry books are "Les Armes miraculeuses" (1946), "Cadastre" (1961) and "Moi, laminaire ..." (1991); his dramatic production has titles such as "Et les chiens se taisaient" (1956), "La tragédie du roi Christophe" (1963), "Une saison au Congo" (1966) and "Une tempête" (1969); and among his essay production "Touissant Louverture. La Révolution fraçaise et le problème colonial" (1962) stands out.