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Cahier d'un retour au pays natal

Book-length poem by Aimé Césaire

AuthorAimé Césaire
GenreFrench literature, poetry
LanguageFrench

Cahier d'un retour au pays natal, variously translated as Notebook of a Return to My Native Land, Return to My Native Land, Notebook of a Return to the Native Land, or Journal of a Homecoming, is a book-length poem by Martinican writer Aimé Césaire. Considered his masterwork, the book mixes poetry and prose to express his thoughts on the cultural identity of black Africans in a colonial setting.

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