The American Comparative Literature Association has awarded A History of Haitian Literature, edited by Kaiama L. Glover and me, the 2026 René Wellek Prize for an Edited Collection. Calling the volume, "comprehensive, erudite, and sprawling," the jurists conclude "Daut and Glover’s essential collection via its attendant care to the rich history and unfolding sequence of Haitian Letters [...] mak[es] crystal
clear—Haitian Literature is the world."

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