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1media/Georges_Sylvain-1909.jpgmedia/Georges_Sylvain-1909.jpg2024-09-05T14:16:19-04:00Georges Sylvain31Haitian authorplain2024-11-19T15:07:36-05:00Georges Sylvain (1866-1925) was a lawyer, poet and diplomat from Port-de-Paix in northern Haiti. He was the brother of Benito Sylvain. He served as the Haitian minister to France. In 1901, he contributed significantly to the development of Haitian literature by publishing the first major work using Haitian Creole, Cric? Crac!, a collection of fables. He opposed the U.S. Occupation of Haiti which began in 1915, but died in 1925 before he could see the occupation come to end.
Publications by Georges Sylvain:
Cric? Crac! Paris: Ateliers haïtiens, 1901. Confidences et Mélancolies. Paris: Ateliers haïtiens, 1901. Auteurs haïtiens. Morceaux choisis (in collaboration with Solon Menos et Dantès Bellegarde). Port-au-Prince: Imprimerie Mme F. Smith, 1904. La lecture. Recueil des causeries faites aux conférences postscolaires du comité haïtien de l’Alliance française. Port-au-Prince: Imprimerie de l’Abeille, 1908. Dix années de lutte pour la liberté(two volumes). Port-au-Prince: Henri Deschamps, 1959.
