Emile Saint-Lot: a diplomat in exile from the American occupation generation

Saint-Lot was born in Bel-Air, a neighborhood that is not today the troubled one we know. He interacted with artisans, lawyers, and poets in this place where conversation buzzed from morning until night.

A renowned diplomat, Saint-Lot was quickly exiled: seemingly voluntary but actually forced. His contemporaries included Antonio Vieux, Jacques Roumain, and Roussan Camille, all educated under the American flag in Haiti.

Émile Saint-Lot died in New York in August 1976, leaving behind an indelible mark in Haitian diplomatic history.