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Maurice Alfredo Sixto was born in a wealthy family on May 23, 1919 in Gonaives. His father was an engineer with exact name of his son. His grandfather was an immigrant from the Virgin Islands. He was pursuing his career as a radio broadcaster when he suffered glaucoma became legally blind at the age of 40. He began his career as a tourist guide and a translator, served as a press secretary to the librarian of the American Embassy. He served as a teacher in Democratic Republic of the Congo nearly for a decade. He worked and spoke with his pen for the oppressed people of his country till his death in 1984. He will remain in the mind of Haitians forever.

Maurice Alfredo Sixto was born in a wealthy family on May 23, 1919 in Gonaives. His father was an engineer with exact name of his son. His grandfather was an immigrant from the Virgin Islands. He was pursuing his career as a radio broadcaster when he suffered glaucoma became legally blind at the age of 40. He began his career as a tourist guide and a translator, served as a press secretary to the librarian of the American Embassy. He served as a teacher in Democratic Republic of the Congo nearly for a decade. He worked and spoke with his pen for the oppressed people of his country till his death in 1984. He will remain in the mind of Haitians forever.

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