Frantz Fanon (1925–1961)
Author of The Wretched of the Earth
About the Author
Martinique islander by birth and a psychiatrist by training, Franz Fanon is better known as a pan-African revolutionary ideologue. His treatises on colonialism call for revolutionary confrontation with malignant colonial regimes, where necessary on the battlefield, and, more important, for the show more eradication of the most invidious form of colonialism, namely, colonial mentality. Fanon holds that this mentality prevents the African and the black person everywhere even from being aware of the seriousness of the social and personal deprivations of his or her colonized status. Fanon found his voice when he worked for the Algerian revolutionaries during the Algerian War of Independence against the French. Not only did he become deeply involved in the Algerian struggle, he also emerged as its principal ideologue and formulated his anticolonial writings from the Algerian experience. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Frantz Fanon
I dannati della terra 8 copies
Ecrits contre le colonialisme : Les damnés de la terre ; Pour la révolution africaine (deux volumes sous coffret) (2006) 4 copies
Opere scelte 3 copies
Racisme og Kultur 2 copies
Frantz Fanon - Peau noire masques blancs - etude critique ' entre les lignes ' [ Cliff Notes French ] (French Edition) (2013) 2 copies
Frantz Fanon. Recueil De Textes Introduit Par Mireille Fanon-Mendes-France: Recueil De Textes (2013) 2 copies
Les damnés de la terre 1 copy
¡Escucha, blanco! 1 copy
Fanon 1 - Opere scelte 1 copy
Dialéctica de la liberación 1 copy
Associated Works
Frantz Fanon, o, L'eversione anticoloniale (Pensiero forte) (Italian Edition) (1994) — Associated Name — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Fanon, Frantz
- Legal name
- Fanon, Franz Omar
- Other names
- Fanon, Ibrahim Frantz
- Birthdate
- 1925-07-20
- Date of death
- 1961-12-06
- Burial location
- martyr's graveyard, Ain Kerma, Algeria
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Martinique (birth)
Algeria
France - Country (for map)
- France
Martinique - Birthplace
- Fort-de-France, Martinique, France
- Place of death
- Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Places of residence
- Lyon, France
Algeria
Blida, Algeria - Education
- Lycée Victor-Schoelcher, Fort-de-France, Martinique, France
Université de Lyon (Doctor of Medicine) - Occupations
- psychiatrist
ambassador - Relationships
- Fanon-Mendès-France, Mireille (daughter)
Pirelli, Giovanni (friend, translator) - Organizations
- Free French Army (WWII)
FLN - Awards and honors
- Croix de Guerre
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Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 38
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 7,575
- Popularity
- #3,224
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 50
- ISBNs
- 162
- Languages
- 18
- Favorited
- 15
Many countries suffered from colonialism and continue to struggle to find their national character in the post-colonial world.
Franz Fanton's writing, while balanced, conceals deep anger. There is anger he directs at the colonialists and towards native people who copy the colonialists and exploit their fellow citizens.
The last chapter, in which he talks about some of the mental problems arising from colonialism, is powerful.
The conclusion calls for his citizens to find themselves and not copy their old masters.
This book is brilliant and relevant today.… (more)