Jacques Stephen Alexis

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Jacques Stephen Alexis
Photo: Florocky, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Personality · Literature · Politics & public life

Writer · Poet · Politician · Neurologist · Novelist

📍 Birthplace Gonaïves

April 22, 1922 – April 1, 1961

Haiti

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Jacques Stephen Alexis was a Haitian novelist, poet, physician and communist activist. He is best known for his novel Compère Général Soleil (1955).

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Main works

  • Cover of Compère Général SoleilCompère Général Soleil · 1955
  • Jacques Stephen AlexisDu réalisme merveilleux des HaïtiensDu réalisme merveilleux des Haïtiens · 1956
  • Cover of Les arbres musiciensLes arbres musiciens · 1957
  • Cover of L'Espace d'un cillementL'Espace d'un cillement · 1959
  • Cover of l'espace d'un cillementl'espace d'un cillement · 1998

Covers: Open Library and Cover Art Archive, where available; other titles are shown without their cover.

Career

  1. 1955Compère Général SoleilWork
  2. 1956Du réalisme merveilleux des HaïtiensWork
  3. 1957Les arbres musiciensWork
  4. 1959L'Espace d'un cillementWork
  5. 1998l'espace d'un cillementWork
  6. 2018prix Jean d'OrmessonDistinction

Distinctions

  • 2018prix Jean d'Ormesson

Places

Birthplace
Gonaïves
Languages
French

Official links and sources

Information from

  • Wikidata, Q3031679 (CC0)
  • Photo: Florocky, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
  • Covers: Open Library and Cover Art Archive, where available; other titles are shown without their cover.
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