Daniella Jeffry-Pilot (1941 - 2019) was a writer, teacher and historian from Saint Martin, who was the founder of the United Saint-Martin Movement. She was awarded the Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French government for her activism.
Biography
editJeffry-Pilot was born in 1941 in Marigot and went to school at the Lycée Gerville-Réache in Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe.[1] She graduated in 1965 from the University of Paris-La Sorbonne with a BA in English and in 1971 she graduated from the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar, with a Higher Certificate in Education and returned to Saint Martin. From 1974 she taught English and French at the Collège of Marigot.[2] She also translated the works of archaeologist Jay Haviser and writer George Lamming to French for books by House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP).[3]
In 1988 she founded the United Saint-Martin Movement, which campaigned for the political unification of the island. In 1990 she was appointed president of the Saint-Martin People's Consensus by Mayor Albert Fleming. She retired from the Collège of Marigot in 2000.[2] From 2001 to 2007 she was a member of the Territorial Council.[1] She died in 2019.[4]
Awards
editSelected works
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Biographie : Daniella Jeffry-Pilot - Littérature Ile-de-saint-martin". www.bourse-des-voyages.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ a b "Welcome to House of Nehesi Publishers". www.houseofnehesipublish.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ "Author Daniella Jeffry Pilot Reveals How St. Martin Island has Evolved Beginning in 1963". PRWeb. Archived from the original on February 21, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ News, Sint Maarten (2019-10-09). "RIP DANIELLA JEFFRY". St Maarten News. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "St. Martin News Network - Daniella Jeffry presents library with book". smn-news.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ Jeffry, Daniella (2011-12-29). 1963-A Landmark Year in St. Martin: A Retrospective Look. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4771-6272-9.
- ^ Saint-martin - destabilisation societale dans la caraibe fra. Paris: L'Harmattan. 2012. ISBN 978-2-296-44609-0. OCLC 1100886006.