- Aimé Césaire
- Born: 25 JUN 1913 – Basse-Pointe, Martinique
- Died: ?? ??? ????
- Type: Poet, politician
- Achievements:
- Laporte Prize (1960)
- Viareggio-Versilia Prize (1968)
- National Grand Prize for Poetry (1982)
- Organized the first congress of Black Writers and Artists (Paris, 1956)
- Edouard Glissant
- Born: 21 SEP 1928 – Sainte-Marie, Martinique
- Died: ?? ??? ????
- Type: – Prose writer poet, dramatist
- Achievements:
- Co-founder of Front Antillo Guyanais (c. 1959)
- Founder and director of the Institut Martiniquais d’Etudes (1967)
- Renaudot Prize (1958)
- Veillon Prize (1965)
- Born: 25 JUN 1913 – Basse-Pointe, Martinique