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| Birth name | Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck Étienne d'Argent[1] |
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| Born | 12 April 1936 |
| Birthplace | Ravine-Sèche, Haiti |
| Died | 20 February 2025 (aged 88) |
| Place of death | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Occupation | Writer, poet, playwright, painter, musician |
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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.[2][3] He was seen as Haiti's best known writers and playwrights.[4] He was known as the "father of Haitian letters".[5] He was known for writing the first novel to be written entirely in Haitian Creole.[6]
Frankétienne was a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2009. He was named UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2010.[7]
Career
His first novel, Mûr à crever, was published in 1968.[8] Frankétienne's novel, Dézafi (1975), was the first novel written entirely in Haitian Creole.[6][9] It was an allegory about slavery and political oppression.[6]
He began to paint in 1973 and the first exhibition of his paintings took place in Port-au-Prince in 1974.[8] As of 2004, he had made about a thousand paintings.[10] His style was "expressive" and "abstract," often favoring red and blue, the colors of the Haitian flag.[9]
Following his death, Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé said that Frankétienne "carried the soul of Haiti" in his writings.[11]
Death
Frankétienne died in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on 20 February 2025, at the age of 88.[12]
Some works
- Au Fil du Temps (1964)[10]
- Mûr à Crever (1968)[8]
- Ultravocal (1972)[10]
- Dézafi (1975)[10]
- Trofouban (1977)[8]
- Pèlin-Tèt (1978)[10]
- Bobomasouri (1984)[8]
- Kaselezo (1985)[8]
- Totolomannwe (1986)[8]
- Adjanoumelezo (1987)[10]
- L'oiseau-schizophone (1993)[10]
- H'Eros-Chimères (2002)[10]
- Désastre (12 janvier 2010), painting[11]
- Difficile émergence vers la lumière, painting[11]
References
- ↑ "L'écrivain et poète haïtien, Frankétienne, est décédé" (in fr). RFI. 21 February 2025. 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.
- ↑ "Frankétienne". Poetry Translation Centre. http://www.poetrytranslation.org/poets/Franketienne. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ↑ Glover, Kaiama. "Francketienne". Hutchins Center for African & African American Research. http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/sites/all/files/Francketienne%20%20DU%20Bois%20online.pdf. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ↑ Frankétienne and Rewriting: A Work in Progress. Lexington Books, ISBN 9780739136355. Full text
- ↑ Archibold, Randal C. (29 April 2011). "A Prolific Father of Haitian Letters, Busier Than Ever". p. A5. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/30/world/americas/30haiti.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Frankétienne, Father of Haitian Letters, Is Dead at 88". The New York Times. February 27, 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/world/americas/franketienne-dead.html. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
- ↑ "Haitian writer Frankétienne named UNESCO Artist for Peace". United Nations. 24 March 2010. https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34182.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Franketienne. Callaloo, Vol. 15(No. 2) , pp. 385–392 doi:10.2307/2931239 Full text(Accessed: 15 April 2024)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Haitian literary giant Frankétienne dies at 88" (in en-US). 21 February 2025. https://haitiantimes.com/2025/02/21/franketienne-obituary-2025/.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 Beyond Painting or Writing: Frankétienne's Poetic Quest. Research in African Literatures, Vol. 35(No. 2) , pp. 141–156 Full text(Accessed: 21 February 2025)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Coto, Danica (21 February 2025). "Frankétienne, considered one of Haiti's most important and prolific writers, dies at 88" (in en). AP News. https://apnews.com/article/haiti-franketienne-artist-writer-dead-11a5e31c1d341ce375500003f14c447a.
- ↑ Louis, Olivier Rony (21 February 2025). "Haïti pleure Franck Étienne : Le Premier ministre salue la mémoire d'un géant de la culture" (in fr-FR). Vant Bèf Info (VBI). https://vantbefinfo.com/haiti-pleure-franck-etienne-le-premier-ministre-salue-la-memoire-dun-geant-de-la-culture/.