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Jacques Stephen Alexis
Haitian novelist, poet and activist
Jacques Stephen Alexis | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1922-04-22)April 22, 1922 Gonaïves, Haiti |
| Died | April 22, 1961(1961-04-22) (aged 39) Casernes Dessalines, Haiti |
| Cause of death | Presumed homicide |
| Occupation(s) | Communist novelist, poet, and activist |
| Known for | Writing the novel Compère Général Soleil |
Jacques Stephen Alexis (22 April 1922 – c.
22 April 1961[1]) was a Haitian communist novelist, poet, and activist. He is best known for his novel Compère Général Soleil (1955).[2]
Biography
Alexis was born in Gonaïves, the son of journalist, historian and diplomat Stephen Alexis and Lydia Nuñez, descendant of one of Haiti's founding fathers, Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
His mother was Dominican. Alexis grew up in a family in which literary and political discussions were the norm. At the age of 18, he made what was regarded as remarkable literary debut[by whom?] wit