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| name = Frankétienne<br />
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| birth_name = Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck Étienne d'Argent<ref name="rfi1">{{cite news |title=L'écrivain et poète haïtien, Frankétienne, est décédé |trans-title=The Haitian writer and poet, Frankétienne, has died |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/am%C3%A9riques/20250221-l-%C3%A9crivain-et-po%C3%A8te-ha%C3%AFtien-frank%C3%A9tienne-est-d%C3%A9c%C3%A9d%C3%A9 |access-date=21 February 2025 |work=[[Radio France Internationale|RFI]] |date=21 February 2025 |language=fr}}</ref><br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|4|12|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Ravine-Sèche]], [[Republic of Haiti (1859–1957)|Haiti]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|2|20|1936|4|12|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti<br />
| occupation = Writer, poet, playwright, painter, musician<br />
| spouse = Marie Andrée Etienne<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Merriam |first1=Michael W. |translator=Wynnie Lamour |title='Haitian Is My Language': A Conversation with Frankétienne |journal=World Literature Today |date=2015 |volume=89 |issue=2 |pages=22–25 |doi=10.7588/worllitetoda.89.2.0022 |jstor=10.7588/worllitetoda.89.2.0022 |issn=0196-3570}}</ref><br />
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* Commander [[Ordre des Arts et Lettres]] (2010)<br />
* [[Grand prix de la francophonie]] (2021)<br />
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'''Frankétienne''' (born '''Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck Étienne d'Argent'''; 12 April 1936 – 20 February 2025) was a Haitian novelist, poet, playwright, and painter.<ref name="PTC">{{cite web |url=http://www.poetrytranslation.org/poets/Franketienne |title=Frankétienne |accessdate=4 March 2014 |publisher=Poetry Translation Centre |archive-date=5 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305020901/http://www.poetrytranslation.org/poets/Franketienne |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Glover">{{cite web |url=http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/sites/all/files/Francketienne%20%20DU%20Bois%20online.pdf |title=Francketienne |accessdate=4 March 2014 |publisher=Hutchins Center for African & African American Research |first=Kaiama |last=Glover |archive-date=24 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624092451/http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/sites/all/files/Francketienne%20%20DU%20Bois%20online.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was seen as Haiti's best known writers and playwrights.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ewyPMi4WZPAC |title=Frankétienne and Rewriting: A Work in Progress |accessdate=4 March 2014|isbn=9780739136355 |last1=Douglas |first1=Rachel |date=16 June 2009 |publisher=Lexington Books }}</ref> He was known as the "father of Haitian letters".<ref name="Archibold">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/30/world/americas/30haiti.html?pagewanted=all |title=A Prolific Father of Haitian Letters, Busier Than Ever |accessdate=4 March 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times |page=A5 |first=Randal C. |last=Archibold|date=29 April 2011 }}</ref> He was known for writing the first novel to be written entirely in [[Haitian Creole]].<ref name=obit/><br />
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Frankétienne was a candidate for the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in 2009. He was named [[UNESCO Artist for Peace]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34182 |title=Haitian writer Frankétienne named UNESCO Artist for Peace |date=24 March 2010 |publisher=United Nations}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
His first novel, ''Mûr à crever'', was published in 1968.<ref name="taleb-khyar">{{cite journal |last1=Taleb-Khyar |first1=Mohamed B. |title=Franketienne |journal=[[Callaloo (journal)|Callaloo]] |date=1992 |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=385–392 |doi=10.2307/2931239 |jstor=2931239 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2931239 |access-date=15 April 2024 |issn=0161-2492}}</ref> Frankétienne's novel, ''Dézafi'' (1975), was the first novel written entirely in [[Haitian Creole]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/world/americas/franketienne-dead.html|title=Frankétienne, Father of Haitian Letters, Is Dead at 88|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 27, 2025|accessdate=February 27, 2025}}</ref><ref name=":03">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=21 February 2025 |title=Haitian literary giant Frankétienne dies at 88 |url=https://haitiantimes.com/2025/02/21/franketienne-obituary-2025/ |access-date=21 February 2025 |website=The Haitian Times |language=en-US}}</ref> It was an [[allegory]] about [[slavery]] and [[oppression|political oppression]].<ref name=obit/><br />
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He began to paint in 1973 and the first exhibition of his paintings took place in [[Port-au-Prince]] in 1974.<ref name="taleb-khyar" /> As of 2004, he had made about a thousand paintings.<ref name="jonassaint" /> His style was "expressive" and "[[Abstract art|abstract]]," often favoring red and blue, the colors of the [[Flag of Haiti|Haitian flag]].<ref name=":03" /><br />
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Following his death, Haitian Prime Minister [[Alix Didier Fils-Aimé]] said that Frankétienne "carried the soul of Haiti" in his writings.<ref name="cotodanica">{{cite news |last1=Coto |first1=Danica |title=Frankétienne, considered one of Haiti's most important and prolific writers, dies at 88 |url=https://apnews.com/article/haiti-franketienne-artist-writer-dead-11a5e31c1d341ce375500003f14c447a |access-date=21 February 2025 |publisher=[[AP News]] |date=21 February 2025 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Frankétienne died in [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]] on 20 February 2025, at the age of 88.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Louis |first1=Olivier Rony |url=https://vantbefinfo.com/haiti-pleure-franck-etienne-le-premier-ministre-salue-la-memoire-dun-geant-de-la-culture/ |title=Haïti pleure Franck Étienne : Le Premier ministre salue la mémoire d'un géant de la culture |trans-title=Haiti mourns Franck Étienne: Prime Minister salutes the memory of a cultural giant |work=Vant Bèf Info (VBI) |date=21 February 2025 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> <br />
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==Some works==<br />
* ''Au Fil du Temps'' (1964)<ref name="jonassaint"/><br />
* ''Mûr à Crever'' (1968)<ref name="taleb-khyar"/><br />
* ''Ultravocal'' (1972)<ref name="jonassaint"/><br />
* ''[[Dézafi]]'' (1975)<ref name="jonassaint"/><br />
* ''Trofouban'' (1977)<ref name="taleb-khyar"/><br />
* ''Pèlin-Tèt'' (1978)<ref name="jonassaint"/><br />
* ''Bobomasouri'' (1984)<ref name="taleb-khyar"/><br />
* ''Kaselezo'' (1985)<ref name="taleb-khyar"/><br />
* ''Totolomannwe'' (1986)<ref name="taleb-khyar"/><br />
* ''Adjanoumelezo'' (1987)<ref name="jonassaint"/><br />
* ''L'oiseau-schizophone'' (1993)<ref name="jonassaint">{{cite journal |last1=Jonassaint |first1=Jean |title=Beyond Painting or Writing: Frankétienne's Poetic Quest |journal=Research in African Literatures |date=2004 |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=141–156 |jstor=3821350 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3821350 |access-date=21 February 2025 |issn=0034-5210}}</ref><br />
* ''H'Eros-Chimères'' (2002)<ref name="jonassaint"/><br />
* ''[[Désastre (12 janvier 2010)]]'', painting<ref name="cotodanica"/><br />
* ''[[Difficile émergence vers la lumière]]'', painting<ref name="cotodanica"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1936 births]]<br />
[[Category:2025 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Haitian musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Novelists]]<br />
[[Category:Poets]]<br />
[[Category:Playwrights]]<br />
[[Category:Painters]]<br />
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