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Local Haitian writers signing their books to a wider audience at Little Haiti Cultural Center. H receives additional support from the American Airlines, The Miami Foundation, FIU Latin American and Caribbean Center, FIAT of North Miami, Mizikpam.com, the National Endowment for the Arts, Clairin Rum and Hyper Malt. Media support is received from Positive Impact Foundation, Koze Famn and WSRF 1580.

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Book signing as the Cultural Center promotes local Haitian writers to a wider audience.

Have you been to Big Night? They have presented over 500 concerts, events and festivals by famous and innovative artists from different parts of the world. The events of 'Big Night in Little Haiti' are presented with the major support of a Miami-based philanthropic organization John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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We are here to promote local Haitian writers to a wider audience. This facility also organizes Big Night, a popular event in Little Haiti. The concept of 'Big Night in Little Haiti' was first originated in the minds of James and Laura Quinlan of the famed Rhythm Foundation. Practically, the idea came to their minds after producing a benefit concert following the 2010′s devastating earthquake. Rhythm Foundation is one of Miami's best cultural institutions that brings world's best musical acts in Miami.

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A group of children at the Haitian-Caribbean Book Fair at the Little Haiti Cultural Center watching a Haitian magician performing.

This was done where Big Night in Little Haiti is usually taking place.

The Haitian Cultural Center provides children's activities, artists, arts and crafts from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The admission is free. There is a free secured parking place at the Little Haiti Cultural Center, 212 NE 59 Terrace. Food vendors from local eatery Leela's Restaurant serves griot and fried fish which is another draw of the event.

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These Buttons were displayed at the Haitian-Caribbean Book Fair at the Little Haiti. We are promoting local Haitian writers to a wider audience

This was held at the same location where Big Night in Little Haiti (BNLH) is held. It is a monthly event that is celebrated on the third Friday of the month since March 2011. If you by any chance pass through the Northeast 2nd Avenue in Miami's Little Haiti and that happens to be the third Friday evening of a month, there is enough chance that you may hear some of the genre's greatest konpa music band is performing. This lively monthly party in Miami's Little Haiti showcases top Haitian musical talents and that happens on a spacious, open-air courtyard of the Little Haiti Cultural Center.

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Alexandre Dumas is also known as Alexandre Dumas, père. His father was born in the island Of Saint-Domingue, known today as Haiti. The father is a mix from a French nobleman and a black slave woman from Saint-Domingue.
After the election of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte in 1851 in France, Alexandre Dumas left France for Belgium, where he stayed for several years.
He then moved to Russia and then to Italy. he finally returned to Paris in 1864.
His most popular work was novels of high adventure.
This work was translated into nearly 100 languages, and he is the most widely read French authors in history. Other work from Alexandre Dumas include The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne

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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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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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Marie-Célie Agnant is a Haitian Canadian who has the talent to write. She is a writer of poems, novels and novellas. Marie-Célie Agnant has published many children's books; a storyteller
She was born in Haiti in 1953, but has been in Canada since 1970.

Some of her most popular works include: 'La Dot de Sara', finalist for the 1995 Desjardins literary prize, 'Le Silence comme le sang', 1997 finalist for the Governor General's Award and those of more modest note, 'L'oranger magique: conte d'Haïti'.

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Here is a picture of Dany Laferri re, a Haitian-Canadian Novelist and Journalist.

After finishing school, he began a career in writing. Dany Laferriere worked in Haiti as a journalist until 1979. Then moved to Canada. He wrote the famous book Comment faire l'amour avec un n gre sans se fatiguer . How to Make Love to a Negro without Getting Tired in 1985.

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