Writer Émile Célestin-Mégie was born 104 years ago
One hundred and four years ago, on October 16, 1922, Émile Célestin-Mégie was born in Marigot. Haitian writer, he sometimes signed his texts with the pseudonym Togiram, an anagram of his hometown.
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The Beginnings of a Pen
Still an adolescent, he launched with some friends a weekly newspaper, Le Petit Marigotien, which only existed from 1938 to 1939. He then collaborated with several Haitian newspapers, including Le Nouvelliste, Le Nouveau Monde, La Lanterne, L'Aurore, and Le Petit Samedi Soir.
A Work of Multiple Genres
Émile Célestin-Mégie touched on poetry, the novel, the short story, and theater. He notably published Stinging Nettle Leaves in 1953, Multicolored Beam in 1961, and Flint Heart in 1963. For the stage, he wrote Byen viv in 1967. In 1976, Lanmou pa gen baryè, a three-volume novel, was published, followed by Kèzini in 1985 and Agasya in 2003. He also edited monthly reviews, Espiral from 1960 to 1966, then Gindòl from 1971 to 1978.
A Long Journey
He published The Letters of Marigot in 2015. Émile Célestin-Mégie died on July 6, 2018.
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