Born Windsor Kléber Laferrière on 13 April 1953, he is a Haitian-Canadian novelist and journalist who writes in French.
He was elected to seat 2 of the Académie française on 12 December 2013, and inducted in May 2015 -- HERE!
Translated from https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dany_Laferri%C3%A8re
Portrait of Dany Laferrière from an article in "Le Monde."
His authority records are linked below, allowing access to the children's and non-fiction book he has published: