Personality · Literature · Politics & public life
Writer · Physician · Politician · Diplomat · Historian · Ethnologist
📍 Birthplace Grande-Rivière-du-Nord
October 15, 1876 – March 1, 1969
Haiti
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Jean Price-Mars was a Haitian medical doctor, teacher, politician, diplomat, writer, and ethnographer. Price-Mars served as secretary of the Haitian legation in Washington, D.C. (1909) and as chargé d'affaires in Paris (1915–1917), during the initial years of the United States occupation of Haiti.
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Main works
La vocation de l’élite · 1919
Ainsi parla l'oncle · 1928
- Le bilan des études ethnologiques en Haïti et le cycle du nègreLe bilan des études ethnologiques en Haïti et le cycle du nègre · 1954
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Career
- 1919La vocation de l’éliteWork
- 1928Ainsi parla l'oncleWork
- 1954Le bilan des études ethnologiques en Haïti et le cycle du nègreWork
- 1959honorary doctor of the University of DakarDistinction
- 1959prix pour un ouvrage écrit en langue française par un étrangerDistinction
- 1965Prix littéraire des CaraïbesDistinction
- 1969Prix de la langue françaiseDistinction
Distinctions
- 1959honorary doctor of the University of Dakar
- 1959prix pour un ouvrage écrit en langue française par un étranger
- 1965Prix littéraire des Caraïbes
- 1969Prix de la langue française
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
- Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar
Places
- Birthplace
- Grande-Rivière-du-Nord
- Languages
- French
Official links and sources
Information from
- Wikidata, Q3045911 (CC0)
- Photo: CIDIHCA, D.R, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Covers: Open Library and Cover Art Archive, where available; other titles are shown without their cover.