Born: 1956, Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Sibling: Younger brother of Michel-Rolph Trouillot - Roles: Novelist, poet, journalist, human rights activist, literary organizer - Language: Writes in French - Residence: Lives in Haiti (not diaspora) - Legacy: One of the most important contemporary Haitian novelists; major voice of civil society and political critique
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Michel-Rolph TrouillotHaiti: State Against Nation: The Origins and Legacy of Duvalierism1990
Michel-Rolph TrouillotSilencing the Past: Power and the Production of History1995
TimelineAcross the historical record.
- 2004-02-29
2004 Coup Haiti
coup-haiti — *Bicentenaire* is the direct literary response; the coup and bicentennial coincide
- 2010-01-12
2010 Earthquake
earthquake — Trouillot remained in Haiti; his post-earthquake civil society work and critique of the NGO republic