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Luck Mervill at Livres en Folie Parc Canne A Sucre 2013

Luck Mervill at Livres en Folie Parc Canne A Sucre 2013

Here is a picture of the Haitian International artist Luck Mervill at Livres en Folie that was taking place at Parc Canne A Sucre in 2013.

Livres en Folies has reached a level never seen before in Haiti. Every year, there are new writers requesting to particilate. It is a place for writers to expose their new books.
It is being held this year at Heritage Park Cane a Sucre. This is their 16th edition of Books Madness
The Fair is a joint venture between Unibank and Nouvelliste. In 2013, it was noted more than 1,075 titles were on sale. I tis a bargain as prices are reduced to sometimes more than 40%

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Lives en Folie in Haiti

Lives en Folie in Haiti

This annual event Livres en Folie is held between May and June. One very good objective of the event is bringing culture and literature to the mass. Lives en Folie also stimulates Haitian writers, encouraging them to create more. Local writers as well as those living in the diaspora come together to participate in this annual event.

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Livres en Folies at Parc Historique de la Canne à Sucre at Tabarre.

Livres en Folies at Parc Historique de la Canne à Sucre at Tabarre.

Livres en Folies is being held every year. The first edition of Livres was held in Petion-Ville at La Promenade. From La Promenade, Livres en Folie event changed to Cercle Bellevue in Bourdon. By 2012, the event moved to Parc Historique de la Canne à Sucre at Tabarre.

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Livres en Folies, Annual Cultural Event

Livres en Folies, Annual Cultural Event

The annual cultural event Livres en Folie was created in 1995. It is a popular book fair put into place by UNIBANK and Le Nouvelliste. Since its inception, Livres en Folie has been taking place annually during the Corpus Christi day in May or June, at different locations in Port-au-Prince

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Haitian Writer, Dr. Pradel Pompilus

Haitian Writer, Dr. Pradel Pompilus

One of the most respected Haitian scholars, Dr. Pradel Pompilus was born in 1914 and passed away in 2000. He was a writer, teacher, grammarian and linguist, best known for his study of Haitian literature.

Dr. Pradel Pompilus was born in Arcahaie, studied law, was professor of French and Latin. He became one of the first Haitian scholars in Paris and in 1957

Dr. Pompilus was then appointed professor of literature at the University of S State of Haiti and was a teacher at Ecole Normale Supérieure during 1980s. He was one of the Haitian writers who put Haitia creole at a high level. He deserves deep respect for his contribution to the Haitian literature

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Petit Seminaire College St Martial

Petit Seminaire College St Martial

Here is a picture of Petit Séminaire College St Martial before the 2010 Haiti Earthquake.

since January 12th, 2010, when Haiti was hit with an earthquake, Petit Séminaire College St Martial was destroyed. It is located and the school was established since 1865 by the Spiritans.
Petit Séminaire College St Martial started as a minor seminary, petit séminaire; however, since 1872 it has been providing education to the population where generations of Haitians have acquired quality education. From 1865 to the present more than 300 Spiritans missionaries (priests and brothers) have proudly worked and ministered at this school. It was providing: kindergarten, primary school and secondary school

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Congress of Negro Writers

Congress of Negro Writers

Here is a picture of the Congress of Negro Writers and Artists taken on September 19, 1956. This list is where you would find some of the greatest names in Haitian writers at La Sorbonne

In this picture, you find the following:
Jacques Rabemananjara 2nd from left,
Emile Saint-Lot (Haitian),
Alioune Diop,
Mme Price-Mars (Haitian),
Jean Price-Mars (Haitian),
Paul Hazoume, Léopold Sédar Senghor (president of Senegal),
Jacques Stephen-Alexis (Haitian),
Georges Lamming.

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Josaphat-Robert Large, Haitian-American poet, novelist and art critic

Josaphat-Robert Large, Haitian-American poet,  novelist and art critic

Born on November 15, 1942 in the Haitian city of Jérémie, Haitian-American poet, novelist and art critic Josaphat-Robert Large, left Haiti in 1963 after his arrest by the Francois Duvalier regime and moved to new York.

Josaphat-Robert Large studied at Columbia University and later learned photography at New York institute of Photography. He writes frequently for several Haitian newspapers such as Haiti Progres, Haïti-en- Marche, le Nouvelliste and Lire Haiti. His novel Les terres entourées de larmes won the prestigious Caribbean literary Prize in 2003, nominated for the Haitian grand Literary Prize of 2004, along side with Edwidge Danticat, René Depestre, Frankétienne, Gary Klang, Dany Laferrière and Leslie Manigat

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Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Haitian poet and novelist

Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Haitian poet and novelist

Haitian poet and novelist Louis-Philippe Dalembert was born on December 8, 1962 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
He writes in both French and Haitian creole. The son of a school teacher and principal, Louis-Philippe Dalembert spent his early childhood in Bel-Air, Haiti. He grew up with extended families like his mother's cousins, his elder sister, his great-aunts and his maternal grandmother. Louis-Philippe Dalembert first job was working as a journalist. He moved to France in 1986 and obtained a PhD in comparative literature. He has resided in Nancy, Paris, Rome, Jerusalem, Brazzaville, Kinshasa and Florence

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Lycee Alexandre Petion in Port-au-Prince

Lycee Alexandre Petion in Port-au-Prince

Lycee Alexandre Petion is named after the Haitian President and was founded in Port-au-Prince in 1816

It was originally located where the old local Faculty of Sciences is at Rue Mgr. Guilloux, but transferred around 1870. The building was designed by architect George Baussan. For many years. Lycée Alexandre Pétion was a school of reference in Haiti.
Lycee Alexandre Petion had some of the best teachers at the time and produced several generations of writers and politicians. Some of the well known individuals who attended the school include: Dumarsais Estime, François Duvalier, Prosper Avril, Martial Celestin, Yvon Neptune, Jean Price Mars, René Depestre, Jacques Stephen Alexis and Frankétienne.

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