Full Name
Date of Birth
April 12, 1936
Place of Birth
Ravine-Sèche, Haiti, Haiti
Education
Not available
Spouse’s Name
Not available
Known Affiliates Names
Not available
Affiliated Organizations’ Names
Not available
Major Events
- First modern novel in Haitian Creole
- Nobel Prize in Literature candidate in 2009
- Commander of the Ordre des Arts et Lettres (Order of the Arts and Letters) in 2010
- UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2010
Brief Biography
Frankétienne, born on April 12, 1936, in Ravine-Sèche, Haiti, is a Haitian writer, poet, playwright, painter, musician, activist, and intellectual. He is recognized as one of Haiti’s leading writers and playwrights of both French and Haitian Creole and is known as the father of Haitian letters. Frankétienne was born as Franck Étienne and raised in the Bel-Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. His work has been influential in Haitian literature, and he has been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2010, he was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et Lettres (Order of the Arts and Lettres) and was named UNESCO Artist for Peace[1][2][3][4][5].
Citations: [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/30/world/americas/30haiti.html [2] https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2052508.Frank_tienne [3] https://www.naderhaitianart.com/collections/etienne-franck [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%C3%A9tienne [5] https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Frank%C3%A9tienne/