Global Literary Figures Claim Multiple Loyalties.

The article discusses the implications of the Académie Française literary society's induction of Haitian-Québécois author Dany Laferrière in terms of the national identities of authors inducted into the society, noting that several authors have never taken French nationality. Topics addressed include authors' resistance to characterization based on labels of nationality, as well as the significance of a writers' choice of language. Author Jhumpa Lahiri is discussed.