Roger Dorsinville
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Roger Dorsinville was a Haiti
an poet, journalist, novelist, politician, and diplomat. Born in Port-au-Prince
, Dorsinville attended military school before serving as the Minister of Public Health and ambassador to Venezuela
. Some of his most notable works are Barrières (1946), Pour Célébrer la Terre (1954), Le Grand Devoir (1962), and Toussaint Louverture (1965).
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
an poet, journalist, novelist, politician, and diplomat. Born in Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
, Dorsinville attended military school before serving as the Minister of Public Health and ambassador to Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
. Some of his most notable works are Barrières (1946), Pour Célébrer la Terre (1954), Le Grand Devoir (1962), and Toussaint Louverture (1965).
External links
- Emerging from the Shadow of the Father: Memoirs of Haiti
- Roger Dorsinville Biography (in French)