Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat has won the MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Award', which comes with it $500,0000 for the winner.
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Danticat is one of 24 winners of this year's fellowship, which seeks to reward "creative genius and potential."
Last year's winners included Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
