Personality · Literature
Writer · Poet · Playwright · Journalist
📍 Birthplace Grand-Gosier
March 13, 1912 – September 5, 1998
Haiti
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Félix Morisseau-Leroy was a Haitian writer who used Haitian Creole to write poetry and plays, the first significant writer to do so. By 1961 he succeeded in having Creole recognized as an official language of Haiti, after expanding its teaching in schools and use in creative literature. Morisseau also published works on French, Haitian Creole and Haitian French literature. He worked internationally, encouraging the development of national literature in post-colonial Ghana and Senegal. In 1981 he settled in Miami, Florida, where he was influential in uniting the Haitian community around Creole and encouraged its study in academia.
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Main works
- dyakout 1,2,3,4dyakout 1,2,3,4 · 1432
- Ravinodyab, la Ravine aux diablesRavinodyab, la Ravine aux diables · 1982
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Career
- 1432dyakout 1,2,3,4Work
- 1982Ravinodyab, la Ravine aux diablesWork
- 1996Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-MondeDistinction
Distinctions
- 1996Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde
Places
- Birthplace
- Grand-Gosier
- Languages
- French-based creole languages, Haitian Creole
Official links and sources
Information from
- Wikidata, Q1363088 (CC0)
- Photo: Stephen Malagodi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons