Full Name: Franck Étienne - Born: April 12, 1936, Ravine Sèche, Artibonite Department - Roles: Novelist, playwright, painter, poet, essayist - Languages: French and Haitian Kreyòl - Movement: Co-founder of Spiralism - Legacy: Haiti's most important living writer; author of the first major novel written in Haitian Kreyòl; the peak figure of Haitian literary modernism
TimelineAcross the historical record.
- 2010-01-12
2010 Earthquake
earthquake — post-earthquake cultural figure; Nobel nomination context