Jacques Roumain (French pronunciation:[ʒakʁumɛ̃]; 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.
JacquesRoumain (French pronunciation: [ʒak ʁumɛ̃]; June 4, 1907 – August 18, 1944) was a Haitian writer, politician, and advocate of Marxism. He is considered...
political party in Haiti, founded in 1934 by JacquesRoumain. Roumain was the general secretary of the party. Roumain was an initiator of the Haitian workers...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Arnold Antonin presented his documentary “JacquesRoumain: la Passion d'un Pays”. He received the Paul Robeson Award in the "Feature...
nationalism would influence many foreign black writers, including JacquesRoumain, Nicolás Guillén, Léopold Sédar Senghor, and Aimé Césaire. Along with...
Creole. Other well known Haitian authors include Jean Price-Mars, JacquesRoumain, Jacques Stephen Alexis, Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Pierre Clitandre, René Depestre...
(2017). Thinking in Public: Faith, Secular Humanism, and Development in JacquesRoumain. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock. p. 28. ISBN 9781498203814. Fieldhouse...
Augusta Peaux, Karel Poláček, Armand Praviel, Arthur Quiller-Couch, JacquesRoumain, Israel Joshua Singer, Ida Tarbell, Florence Trail, Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar...
centuries. These 20th-century successors such as René Depestre, and JacquesRoumain congratulated Oswald Durand for his authentic expressions and honored...
Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (d. 1992) 1907 – JacquesRoumain, Haitian journalist and politician (d. 1944) 1907 – Rosalind Russell...
the Roman Catholic Church) to Haiti, arrives in Port-au-Prince 1931 JacquesRoumain publishes his acclaimed novel Gouverneurs de la Rosée ("Masters of...
Klang, poet and novelist Ida Faubert, writer Jacques Bins, comte de Saint-Victor, poet JacquesRoumain, writer, politician, and advocate of Marxism Jean-Baptiste...
Das Mark McWatt Grace Nichols René Depestre Félix Morisseau-Leroy JacquesRoumain Louise Bennett Jean "Binta" Breeze Michelle Cliff Kwame Dawes Lorna...
Sassine (1944–1997) Frankétienne (born 1936) Clark Parent (born 1951) JacquesRoumain (1907–1944) Roberto Castillo (1950–2008) Julio Escoto (born 1944) Javier...
Gutierrez Alea of Cuba based on the novel Gouverneurs de la rosée by JacquesRoumain. Simparele (1974) by Humberto Solás with the Haitian singer Martha...
developer (d. 1996) June 4 Rosalind Russell, American actress (d. 1976) JacquesRoumain, Haitian writer, politician, and advocate of Marxism (d. 1944) June...
Herbert Read - Stanley Richardson - Edgell Rickword - J. T. Roderick - JacquesRoumain - Sagittarius - Blanaid Salkeld - Zofia Schleyen - Bernard Spencer...
legends. At the same time, social realism in literature was advanced by JacquesRoumain (Gouverneurs de la rosée, 1944) and René Depestre. The novel depicted...
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