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Prix littéraire des Caraïbes (Caribbean literary Prize) in 2003, nominated for the Haitian grand Literary Prize of 2004
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Large, 8 years old
Large was also one of the finalists at the Ushant (Ouessant in French) Literary Contest in 2002.[1] He wrote in both French and Haitian Creole. Josaphat-Robert Large was a member of " La Société des Gens de Lettres de France" (Society of French intellectuals), of the "Association des Écrivains de langue française" (Association of writers of French origin) and of the PEN Club America. The Society of French and francophone teachers of America has organized two colloquium on his literary production (specially his novels), one at Florida International University in 2001 and one at Fordham University in 2006.[2] Large also participated in the famous festival Étonnants-Voyageurs in 2007[3] and in 2008, he was one of the author in the great literary opening organized in Port-au-Prince by the Presses Nationales d'Haiti (National Press of Haiti).
Josaphat-Robert Large (September 2007)
Josaphat-Robert Large left Haiti at the end of 1963, after being arrested during a student strike against the regime of Papa Doc Duvalier. In New York, he studied English at Columbia University and photography at New York institute of Photography. He was a founding member of La Troupe de Théâtre Kouidor (Theatre group Kouidor) and frequently wrote for Haitian newspapers such as Haïti Progrès, Haïti en Marche, Le Nouvelliste and Lire Haiti.
Jérémie et sa Verdoyante Grand'Anse – Photography and Poems, Coconut Creek, 2012
Le Domic'île – Compilation of Poems, New York, 2012
Rekot Powetik – Poems from Students of Ecole Normale de Marfranc, in French and Haitian Creole, Edited by Josaphat-R Large, Ruptures, Washington, 2013
Mississippi Blues – Novel, published by Ruptures, Washington, D.C., 2015
Eko Dlo [LaGrandans debòde] – Poems in Creole with background music by Haitian pianist Eddy Prophète, Montréal, 2006
5 Années de Textes et de Chansons des Vendredis littéraires, Poems in French and in Creole by Frankétienne, Lyonel Trouillot, Claude Pierre and Josaphat-Robert Large, August 2000.
La voix du Bisaïeul – Play in French (Stage Director Max Kénol), New York July 1998
Dany Laferriere en pyjama – Presented at United Nations (Stage Director Max Kénol), New York, February 2014
Les colis de la traite – Play written for La Semaine des victimes de l'esclavage for United Nations, (Stage Director Max Kénol), NY 2014
Hugues St-Fort: Histoire et Discours dans les Terres entourées de larmes de J-R Large, Colloquium at Fordham University, March 2006
Robenson Bernard: Un Roman ardent et lumineux, Le Nouvelliste, August 2008
Jean-Claude Charles: Un vrai écrivain dans la fausse maison de Mickey Mouse, Haiti-en-Marche #13, March 1996
Lyonel Trouillot: Lamèsi entre Rêve et Réalité, Le Matin, December 22–29, 2008
Large is able to notate his responses to Haiti's political and social oppression in fresh ways, and to reveal as well the ever-reincarnate fighting spirit of the Haitian people.
Prix littéraire des Caraïbes 2003 [Caribbean literary Prize] given by L'Association des Ecrivains de langue française (The Association of French writers)
Finaliste Concours Ouessant, 2002 (Finalist Ushant literary contest, in August 2002).
Anthologie de la poésie haïtienne,[A Century of Haitian poets], by Rodney Saint-Eloi and Lyonel Trouillot, Mémoire d'encrier Montréal, 2003.Literary criticism
Figures d'Haïti, [35 Poets for our time], by Jacques Rancourt, Le Temps des Cerises. Paris, 2005. Essay
Who is Who in Haitian Diaspora, Féquière Vilsaint & Maude Heurtelou, EducaVision, Coconut Creek, 2008. Essay
Josaphat-Robert Large, la Fragmentation de l'être, editor: Frantz-Antoine Leconte, l'Harmattan, Paris, February 2009. Essay.
Poems by Josaphat-Robert Large and Félix Morisseau-Leroy translated into English, chosen by Mute Magazine of London to illustrate articles of Volume 2 #3 describing slums in places like Haiti and Brazil. Mute, volume 2 #3, August 2006.
