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Jacques Roumain | |
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Born | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | June 4, 1907
Died | August 18, 1944 | (aged 37)
Occupation | Writer, politician, Poet, Socialist, anthropologist, Ethnologist |
Notable works | Gouverneurs de la Rosée (Masters of the Dew) |
Jacques Roumain (French pronunciation: [ʒak ʁumɛ̃]; June 4, 1907 – August 18, 1944) was a Haitian writer, politician, and advocate of Marxism. He is considered one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature. Poet Langston Hughes, an African-American, translated some of Roumain's works, including Gouverneurs de la Rosée (Masters of the Dew). It was also adapted to film.