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