VOLUME 1 • ISSUE 1

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