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Déwé Gorodey

February 13, 2024

Déwé Gorodey[a] (1 June 1949 – 14 August 2022) was a New Caledonian teacher, writer, feminist and politician. She was active in agitating for independence from France in the 1970s. She published poetry, short stories and novels. From 1999, she was a member of the New Caledonian government, representing the pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front. From April 2001 to June 2009, she served almost continuously as Vice President of the Government of New Caledonia.

Déwé Gorodey
Gorodey in 2016
Member of the Government of New Caledonia
In office
2 June 1999 – 14 August 2022
Vice President of the Government of New Caledonia
In office
5 April 2001 – 7 August 2007
Preceded byLéopold Jorédié
Succeeded byAnnie Beustes
In office
21 August 2007 – 5 June 2009
Preceded byAnnie Beustes
Succeeded byPierre Ngaiohni
Personal details
Born(1949-06-01)1 June 1949
Ponérihouen, New Caledonia, France
Died14 August 2022(2022-08-14) (aged 73)
OccupationTeacher, writer, feminist, politician

Early years edit

Gorodey was born on 1 June 1949 in Ponérihouen, New Caledonia.[1] Her family belonged to the Pwârâïriwâ tribe of Kanak people.[2] Her home village is on the east coast of New Caledonia, at the mouth of the Ponérihouen River. She received her primary education in the Houaïlou region, then attended the Lapérouse High School in Nouméa where she passed her baccalaureate in philosophy. She went on to study at the Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III, where she obtained a BA in modern literature.[3] She was the first Kanak woman to ever receive a college education.[4] She returned to New Caledonia in 1974 and obtained a job teaching French at a Catholic school in the Nouméa suburbs. She married and has three children.[3]

Independence activist edit

In 1974, Gorodey joined the Foulards rouges (Red Scarf) movement, which had been created in 1969, and served as president for some time. She was then one of the founders of the Groupe 1878, which was named after the Kanak revolt of 1878.[3] The Foulards Rouges and Groupe 1878 were groups of intellectuals who challenged the French colonial presence and practices related to land rights and discrimination. Some members, such as Nidoïsh Naisseline, had been involved in the May 1968 events in France, while others including Gorodey would not visit Europe until later.[5] Both groups were created by small numbers of well-educated Kanak people and appealed to young men who had left the reservations to work in the nickel industry during the short-lived boom but had become unemployed when it ended.[6] In 1976, she helped found the Party of Kanak Liberation (Palika).[1] She was in charge of external relations for PALIKA and in this role travelled in the Pacific, Australia, Algeria, Canada, Mexico City and the United Nations.[7] She was imprisoned three times between 1974 and 1977 for her political activities.[1]

Gorodé was one of the founders of the feminist Groupe de femmes kanak exploitées en lutte (GFKEL). In 1974, she was arrested expressing her opposition to the celebration of the colonisation of New Caledonia on 24 September 1853.[8] In prison, she developed the concept of GFKEL with other women, including Susanna Ounei.[4] The organization was intended to ensure equal treatment of women within the independence movement.[9] In 1984, GFKEL was one of the founding organizations of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS: Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste).[10]

Teacher and author edit

In 1983, Gorodey was a French teacher at the Do-Néva Protestant College in Houaïlou. In 1984, after the death of ten Kanak militants in Hienghène, she left this college and joined the newly created Kanak People's School (EPK) in Ponérihouen, where she taught the local Paicî language until 1988. She had started to write poetry in 1970 but did not publish for many years. In 1985, she published Sous les Ashes des conques, her first volume of poetry, followed over the years by other novels and collections of poetry.[3] Her works described the traditional culture of Melanesia and the present political issues.[11] Gorodey is now one of the most widely-recognised Melanesian cultural figures.[12]

In 1992, Gorodé participated in a women's mission in Mali, led by Marie-Claude Tjibaou.[7] She worked for the Kanak Culture Development Agency from 1994 to 1995 during preparations for the Tjibaou Cultural Center. She resumed teaching Paicî again in Houaïlou and Poindimié from 1996 to 1997. Between 1999 and 2001 she gave courses at the University of New Caledonia in Nouméa on the history of Pacific literature and contemporary Melanesian literature.[3] In 2002 she participated in the Salon du livre insulaire on the island of Ushant, Brittany.[1] On 9 November 2009, at a ceremony at the High Commission, she was made a Chevalier des Arts et des lettres.[13]

Politician edit

In 1999 Gorodey and Léonie Tidjite Varnier were the first women to be elected to Congress, representing the North Province. In the government of Jean Lèques she was responsible for Culture, Youth and Sports.[7] After the March 2001 provincial elections President Lèques resigned. On 3 April 2001, congress elected Pierre Frogier of the Rally for Caledonia in the Republic (RPCR: Rassemblement pour une Calédonie dans la République) to replace him. Gorodey, a representative of the FLNKS, became Vice President of the Government of New Caledonia.[14] She retained the Culture, Youth and Sports portfolio from April 2001 to June 2004.[7] Reelected vice president in June 2004 she was made responsible for Culture, Status of Women and Citizenship.[7]

From 2004 to 2007 Marie-Noëlle Thémereau, who represented the loyalist L'Avenir Ensemble, was president of congress, and Gorodey, who represented the FLNKS, was vice president.[15] In the 2007 elections there was a swing towards stronger support for remaining part of France. Harold Martin, president of Avenir Ensemble, became president of congress. Gorodey continued as vice president, and the political mood continued to be one of accommodation between the different parties, but the RPCR had regained some of its past influence.[15] On 5 June 2009, Harold Martin was again elected president of congress. After some delay, on 15 June 2009 Pierre Ngaiohni of the FLNKS was elected vice president.[14]

Late life and death edit

Gorodey suffered from cancer for a number of years, and at the age of 73, she died in a hospital in Poindimié.[16][17][18][19][20]

Works edit

  • Déwé Gorodey (1985). Sous les cendres des conques (poems). Noumea: Edipop.
  • Déwé Gorodey (1994). Utê Mûrûnû, petite fleur de cocotier (novel). Noumea: Grain de Sable. ISBN 2-84170-009-7.
  • Déwé Gorodey (1996). L'Agenda (novel). Noumea: Grain de Sable. p. 124. ISBN 979-10-92894-028.
  • Déwé Gorodey (1996). Par les temps qui courent (collection of aphorisms). foreword by Dominique Jouve. Noumea: Grain de Sable. p. 79. ISBN 2-8417-0025-9.
  • Déwé Gorodey; Nicolas Kurtovitch (1999). Dire le vrai / To Tell the Truth (18 poems, bi-lingual). English translations by Raylene Ramsay and Brian Mackay. Noumea: éd. Grain de Sable.
  • Déwé Gorodey; Nicolas Kurtovitch (2006). Dire le vrai (36 poems). Noumea: éd. Grain de Sable. ISBN 2841701212.
  • Déwé Gorodey (2000). Kënâké (unpublished play, directed by Pierre Gope during the Festival of Melanesian Arts in Nouméa in 2000).
  • Déwé Gorodey; Weniko Ihage (2002), Le vol de la parole (novel), Noumea: Edipop
  • Déwé Gorodey (2004). The Kanak Apples Season (anthology of her novels). translated into English by Peter Brown. Sydney: Pandanus. ISBN 1740760409.
  • Déwé Gorodey (2005). Sharing as Custom Provides (anthology of poems). translated into English by Raylene Ramsay and Deborah Walker. Sydney: Pandanus.
  • Déwé Gorodey (2005). 'L'Épave (novel). Noumea: Madrépores. ISBN 2-9525502-0-4.
  • Déwé Gorodey (2006). 30 ans du Palika - En chemin vers la citoyenneté (essay). Nouméa: Edipop. p. 23. ISBN 2906341010.
  • Déwé Gorodey (2009). Graines de pin colonnaire (novel). Noumea: Madrépores. p. 166. ISBN 978-2-9525502-3-9.
  • Déwé Gorodey (2012). Tâdo, Tâdo, wéé! (novel). Pirae: Au Vent des Iles. ISBN 978-2915654936.
  • Déwé Gorodey; Nicolas Kurtovitch (2014). A l'orée du sable / La paix en soi (poems). La Roque-d'Anthéron, France: Vents d’ailleurs. ISBN 978-2-36413-055-5.
  • Déwé Gorodey; Imasango (2016). Se donner le pays – Paroles jumelles (To give oneself the country - twin words) (poems). Foreword by Murielle Szac. Paris: Bruno Doucey. p. 136. ISBN 978-2-36229-130-2.

Explanatory notes edit

  1. ^ or Déwé Gorodé

References edit

Citations edit

  1. ^ a b c d Biographie : Déwé Gorodey (1949) – BdV.
  2. ^ Déwé Gorodé – Éditions Bruno Doucey.
  3. ^ a b c d e Bihan 2017.
  4. ^ a b Foerstel 1994, pp. 159–160.
  5. ^ Waddell 2008, p. 76.
  6. ^ Waddell 2008, p. 109.
  7. ^ a b c d e Déwé Gorodé – Écrire en océanie.
  8. ^ Foerstel 1994, p. 159.
  9. ^ Foerstel 1994, p. 160.
  10. ^ Kanak independence activist Susanna Ounei ...
  11. ^ Aldrich 1993, p. 151.
  12. ^ Aldrich 1993, p. 156.
  13. ^ Déwé Gorodey médaillée 2009.
  14. ^ a b Lansford 2012, p. 500.
  15. ^ a b Waddell 2008, p. 206.
  16. ^ "Mort de Déwé Gorodey, figure de la littérature et de l'indépendantisme de Nouvelle-Calédonie". France-Antilles Martinique (in French). 15 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  17. ^ "Mort de Déwé Gorodey, figure de la littérature kanak et de l'indépendantisme en Nouvelle-Calédonie" [Death of Déwé Gorodey, figure of Kanak literature and independence in New Caledonia]. Le Monde (in French). 15 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  18. ^ "Nouvelle-Calédonie: mort de Déwé Gorodey, pionnière de la littérature kanake et de la lutte pour l'indépendance". RFI (in French). 15 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  19. ^ Charrier, Liliane (16 August 2022). "Déwé Gorodey n'est plus, la Nouvelle-Calédonie est orpheline". TV5MONDE (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  20. ^ https://islandsbusiness.com/news-break/dewe-gorode-champion-of-oceanic-culture/%7C Nic MacLellan. 2022. Déwé Gorodé: champion of Oceanic culture. Pacific Business Magazine.

General and cited references edit

  • Aldrich, Robert (28 September 1993), France and the South Pacific since 1940, Palgrave Macmillan UK, ISBN 978-1-349-10828-2, retrieved 11 November 2017
  • Bihan, Anne (21 September 2017), "Déwé Gorodé", Île en île (in French), retrieved 11 November 2017
  • Biographie : Déwé Gorodey (1949) (in French), BdV: Bourses des Voyages, retrieved 10 November 2017
  • Déwé Gorodé (in French), Écrire en océanie, 29 March 2011, retrieved 11 November 2017
  • Déwé Gorodé (in French), Éditions Bruno Doucey, retrieved 11 November 2017
  • Déwé Gorodey médaillée (in French), Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, 9 November 2009, retrieved 11 November 2017
  • Foerstel, Lenora (28 July 1994), Confronting Margaret Mead: Scholarship, Empire, and the South Pacific, Temple University Press, ISBN 978-1-56639-261-7, retrieved 11 November 2017
  • "Kanak independence activist Susanna Ounei has died", CathNews NZ and Asia Pacific, 1 July 2016, retrieved 11 November 2017
  • Lansford, Tom (2012), Political Handbook of the World 2012, SAGE, ISBN 978-1-60871-995-2, retrieved 11 November 2017
  • Waddell, Eric (2008), Jean-Marie Tjibaou, Kanak Witness to the World: An Intellectual Biography, University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 978-0-8248-3314-5, retrieved 11 November 2017

Further reading edit

  • Ramsay, Raylene. "Déwé Gorodé: Cognitive Dissonance and the Renegotiation of Values". In Cherchez la femme: Women and Values in the Francophone World. Eds. Erika Fülöp and Adrienne Angelo. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 56–69, 2011.
  • Ramsay, Raylene. 2018. "Indigenous Women Writers in the Pacific: Déwé Gorodé, Sia Figiel, Patricia Grace". Postcolonial Text 7.1:1–18. (2012).
  • Walker, Deborah and Raylene Ramsay. "Translating Hybridity: The Curious Case of the First Kanak Novel (Déwé Gorodé's L'épave)". The AALITRA Review: A Journal of Literary Translation no. 1 (March 2010): 36–51.

February 13, 2024
déwé, gorodey, june, 1949, august, 2022, caledonian, teacher, writer, feminist, politician, active, agitating, independence, from, france, 1970s, published, poetry, short, stories, novels, from, 1999, member, caledonian, government, representing, independence,. Dewe Gorodey a 1 June 1949 14 August 2022 was a New Caledonian teacher writer feminist and politician She was active in agitating for independence from France in the 1970s She published poetry short stories and novels From 1999 she was a member of the New Caledonian government representing the pro independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front From April 2001 to June 2009 she served almost continuously as Vice President of the Government of New Caledonia Dewe GorodeyGorodey in 2016Member of the Government of New CaledoniaIn office 2 June 1999 14 August 2022Vice President of the Government of New CaledoniaIn office 5 April 2001 7 August 2007Preceded byLeopold JoredieSucceeded byAnnie BeustesIn office 21 August 2007 5 June 2009Preceded byAnnie BeustesSucceeded byPierre NgaiohniPersonal detailsBorn 1949 06 01 1 June 1949Ponerihouen New Caledonia FranceDied14 August 2022 2022 08 14 aged 73 OccupationTeacher writer feminist politician Contents 1 Early years 2 Independence activist 3 Teacher and author 4 Politician 5 Late life and death 6 Works 7 Explanatory notes 8 References 8 1 Citations 8 2 General and cited references 9 Further readingEarly years editGorodey was born on 1 June 1949 in Ponerihouen New Caledonia 1 Her family belonged to the Pwarairiwa tribe of Kanak people 2 Her home village is on the east coast of New Caledonia at the mouth of the Ponerihouen River She received her primary education in the Houailou region then attended the Laperouse High School in Noumea where she passed her baccalaureate in philosophy She went on to study at the Paul Valery University Montpellier III where she obtained a BA in modern literature 3 She was the first Kanak woman to ever receive a college education 4 She returned to New Caledonia in 1974 and obtained a job teaching French at a Catholic school in the Noumea suburbs She married and has three children 3 Independence activist editIn 1974 Gorodey joined the Foulards rouges Red Scarf movement which had been created in 1969 and served as president for some time She was then one of the founders of the Groupe 1878 which was named after the Kanak revolt of 1878 3 The Foulards Rouges and Groupe 1878 were groups of intellectuals who challenged the French colonial presence and practices related to land rights and discrimination Some members such as Nidoish Naisseline had been involved in the May 1968 events in France while others including Gorodey would not visit Europe until later 5 Both groups were created by small numbers of well educated Kanak people and appealed to young men who had left the reservations to work in the nickel industry during the short lived boom but had become unemployed when it ended 6 In 1976 she helped found the Party of Kanak Liberation Palika 1 She was in charge of external relations for PALIKA and in this role travelled in the Pacific Australia Algeria Canada Mexico City and the United Nations 7 She was imprisoned three times between 1974 and 1977 for her political activities 1 Gorode was one of the founders of the feminist Groupe de femmes kanak exploitees en lutte GFKEL In 1974 she was arrested expressing her opposition to the celebration of the colonisation of New Caledonia on 24 September 1853 8 In prison she developed the concept of GFKEL with other women including Susanna Ounei 4 The organization was intended to ensure equal treatment of women within the independence movement 9 In 1984 GFKEL was one of the founding organizations of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front FLNKS Front de Liberation Nationale Kanak et Socialiste 10 Teacher and author editIn 1983 Gorodey was a French teacher at the Do Neva Protestant College in Houailou In 1984 after the death of ten Kanak militants in Hienghene she left this college and joined the newly created Kanak People s School EPK in Ponerihouen where she taught the local Paici language until 1988 She had started to write poetry in 1970 but did not publish for many years In 1985 she published Sous les Ashes des conques her first volume of poetry followed over the years by other novels and collections of poetry 3 Her works described the traditional culture of Melanesia and the present political issues 11 Gorodey is now one of the most widely recognised Melanesian cultural figures 12 In 1992 Gorode participated in a women s mission in Mali led by Marie Claude Tjibaou 7 She worked for the Kanak Culture Development Agency from 1994 to 1995 during preparations for the Tjibaou Cultural Center She resumed teaching Paici again in Houailou and Poindimie from 1996 to 1997 Between 1999 and 2001 she gave courses at the University of New Caledonia in Noumea on the history of Pacific literature and contemporary Melanesian literature 3 In 2002 she participated in the Salon du livre insulaire on the island of Ushant Brittany 1 On 9 November 2009 at a ceremony at the High Commission she was made a Chevalier des Arts et des lettres 13 Politician editIn 1999 Gorodey and Leonie Tidjite Varnier were the first women to be elected to Congress representing the North Province In the government of Jean Leques she was responsible for Culture Youth and Sports 7 After the March 2001 provincial elections President Leques resigned On 3 April 2001 congress elected Pierre Frogier of the Rally for Caledonia in the Republic RPCR Rassemblement pour une Caledonie dans la Republique to replace him Gorodey a representative of the FLNKS became Vice President of the Government of New Caledonia 14 She retained the Culture Youth and Sports portfolio from April 2001 to June 2004 7 Reelected vice president in June 2004 she was made responsible for Culture Status of Women and Citizenship 7 From 2004 to 2007 Marie Noelle Themereau who represented the loyalist L Avenir Ensemble was president of congress and Gorodey who represented the FLNKS was vice president 15 In the 2007 elections there was a swing towards stronger support for remaining part of France Harold Martin president of Avenir Ensemble became president of congress Gorodey continued as vice president and the political mood continued to be one of accommodation between the different parties but the RPCR had regained some of its past influence 15 On 5 June 2009 Harold Martin was again elected president of congress After some delay on 15 June 2009 Pierre Ngaiohni of the FLNKS was elected vice president 14 Late life and death editGorodey suffered from cancer for a number of years and at the age of 73 she died in a hospital in Poindimie 16 17 18 19 20 Works editDewe Gorodey 1985 Sous les cendres des conques poems Noumea Edipop Dewe Gorodey 1994 Ute Murunu petite fleur de cocotier novel Noumea Grain de Sable ISBN 2 84170 009 7 Dewe Gorodey 1996 L Agenda novel Noumea Grain de Sable p 124 ISBN 979 10 92894 028 Dewe Gorodey 1996 Par les temps qui courent collection of aphorisms foreword by Dominique Jouve Noumea Grain de Sable p 79 ISBN 2 8417 0025 9 Dewe Gorodey Nicolas Kurtovitch 1999 Dire le vrai To Tell the Truth 18 poems bi lingual English translations by Raylene Ramsay and Brian Mackay Noumea ed Grain de Sable Dewe Gorodey Nicolas Kurtovitch 2006 Dire le vrai 36 poems Noumea ed Grain de Sable ISBN 2841701212 Dewe Gorodey 2000 Kenake unpublished play directed by Pierre Gope during the Festival of Melanesian Arts in Noumea in 2000 Dewe Gorodey Weniko Ihage 2002 Le vol de la parole novel Noumea Edipop Dewe Gorodey 2004 The Kanak Apples Season anthology of her novels translated into English by Peter Brown Sydney Pandanus ISBN 1740760409 Dewe Gorodey 2005 Sharing as Custom Provides anthology of poems translated into English by Raylene Ramsay and Deborah Walker Sydney Pandanus Dewe Gorodey 2005 L Epave novel Noumea Madrepores ISBN 2 9525502 0 4 Dewe Gorodey 2006 30 ans du Palika En chemin vers la citoyennete essay Noumea Edipop p 23 ISBN 2906341010 Dewe Gorodey 2009 Graines de pin colonnaire novel Noumea Madrepores p 166 ISBN 978 2 9525502 3 9 Dewe Gorodey 2012 Tado Tado wee novel Pirae Au Vent des Iles ISBN 978 2915654936 Dewe Gorodey Nicolas Kurtovitch 2014 A l oree du sable La paix en soi poems La Roque d Antheron France Vents d ailleurs ISBN 978 2 36413 055 5 Dewe Gorodey Imasango 2016 Se donner le pays Paroles jumelles To give oneself the country twin words poems Foreword by Murielle Szac Paris Bruno Doucey p 136 ISBN 978 2 36229 130 2 Explanatory notes edit or Dewe GorodeReferences editCitations edit a b c d Biographie Dewe Gorodey 1949 BdV Dewe Gorode Editions Bruno Doucey a b c d e Bihan 2017 a b Foerstel 1994 pp 159 160 Waddell 2008 p 76 Waddell 2008 p 109 a b c d e Dewe Gorode Ecrire en oceanie Foerstel 1994 p 159 Foerstel 1994 p 160 Kanak independence activist Susanna Ounei Aldrich 1993 p 151 Aldrich 1993 p 156 Dewe Gorodey medaillee 2009 a b Lansford 2012 p 500 a b Waddell 2008 p 206 Mort de Dewe Gorodey figure de la litterature et de l independantisme de Nouvelle Caledonie France Antilles Martinique in French 15 August 2022 Retrieved 18 August 2022 Mort de Dewe Gorodey figure de la litterature kanak et de l independantisme en Nouvelle Caledonie Death of Dewe Gorodey figure of Kanak literature and independence in New Caledonia Le Monde in French 15 August 2022 Retrieved 18 August 2022 Nouvelle Caledonie mort de Dewe Gorodey pionniere de la litterature kanake et de la lutte pour l independance RFI in French 15 August 2022 Retrieved 18 August 2022 Charrier Liliane 16 August 2022 Dewe Gorodey n est plus la Nouvelle Caledonie est orpheline TV5MONDE in French Retrieved 18 August 2022 https islandsbusiness com news break dewe gorode champion of oceanic culture 7C Nic MacLellan 2022 Dewe Gorode champion of Oceanic culture Pacific Business Magazine General and cited references edit Aldrich Robert 28 September 1993 France and the South Pacific since 1940 Palgrave Macmillan UK ISBN 978 1 349 10828 2 retrieved 11 November 2017 Bihan Anne 21 September 2017 Dewe Gorode Ile en ile in French retrieved 11 November 2017 Biographie Dewe Gorodey 1949 in French BdV Bourses des Voyages retrieved 10 November 2017 Dewe Gorode in French Ecrire en oceanie 29 March 2011 retrieved 11 November 2017 Dewe Gorode in French Editions Bruno Doucey retrieved 11 November 2017 Dewe Gorodey medaillee in French Gouvernement de la Nouvelle Caledonie 9 November 2009 retrieved 11 November 2017 Foerstel Lenora 28 July 1994 Confronting Margaret Mead Scholarship Empire and the South Pacific Temple University Press ISBN 978 1 56639 261 7 retrieved 11 November 2017 Kanak independence activist Susanna Ounei has died CathNews NZ and Asia Pacific 1 July 2016 retrieved 11 November 2017 Lansford Tom 2012 Political Handbook of the World 2012 SAGE ISBN 978 1 60871 995 2 retrieved 11 November 2017 Waddell Eric 2008 Jean Marie Tjibaou Kanak Witness to the World An Intellectual Biography University of Hawaii Press ISBN 978 0 8248 3314 5 retrieved 11 November 2017Further reading editRamsay Raylene Dewe Gorode Cognitive Dissonance and the Renegotiation of Values In Cherchez la femme Women and Values in the Francophone World Eds Erika Fulop and Adrienne Angelo Cambridge Cambridge Scholars Press 56 69 2011 Ramsay Raylene 2018 Indigenous Women Writers in the Pacific Dewe Gorode Sia Figiel Patricia Grace Postcolonial Text 7 1 1 18 2012 Walker Deborah and Raylene Ramsay Translating Hybridity The Curious Case of the First Kanak Novel Dewe Gorode s L epave The AALITRA Review A Journal of Literary Translation no 1 March 2010 36 51 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dewe Gorodey amp oldid 1105989900, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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