Marie-Reine de Jaham (born February 7, 1940) is a Martiniquais writer.
[1] Descended from French planters, she is the granddaughter of Victor Depaz [fr] and the first cousin twice removed of Joséphine de Beauharnais.
There, she began a career in advertising in New York City; she later moved to Paris, where she founded her own agency.
[1] In 1989, she published her first novel La Grande Béké, which became a bestseller and was adapted for television in 1998.
[1] She was promoted officer in january 2013[3] Source:[1] This article about a writer or poet from Martinique is a stub.