Essayist Eddy Arnold Jean was born 74 years ago in Saint-Marc

74 years ago, on November 5, 1952, Eddy Arnold Jean was born in Saint-Marc, in the Artibonite. A physician, journalist, and essayist, he dedicated a large part of his work to Haitian literature.

From exile to teaching

He completed his studies at universities in Europe and Latin America. In 1980, under Jean-Claude Duvalier, he went into exile, first to Mexico, then to New York. He later taught at St. Thomas Aquinas University and the State University of Haiti.

A work of literary history

He published Le 20e siècle haïtien in 2002, then L'univers romanesque de Jacques Stephen Alexis in 2006. With the jurist Justin O. Fièvre, he co-authored Le dix-neuvième siècle haitien, dedicated to literature. This was followed by L'aventure d'une écriture in 2017 and Notes sur Georges Sylvain in 2019, with Éditions Haïti Demain.

His passing

Eddy Arnold Jean died on December 19, 2019.