Jacques Roumain was a Haitian writer, politician, and advocate of Marxism.
10 Facts About Jacques Roumain
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Jacques Roumain is considered one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature.
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Jacques Roumain was born on June 4,1907, in Port-au-Prince to wealthy parents.
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Jacques Roumain was educated in Catholic schools in Port-au-Prince, and, later, in Belgium, Switzerland, France, Germany and Spain.
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Jacques Roumain was active in the struggle against the United States' occupation of Haiti.
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Jacques Roumain published that year the seminal paper "Lithic Workshop of the Ciboney of Haiti," and as a result was regarded as the father of Haitian archaeology.
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Much of Jacques Roumain's work expresses the frustration and rage of people who have been downtrodden for centuries.
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Jacques Roumain included the mass of the people in his writing and called on the poor union to move against privation.
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Jacques Roumain created some of the most colorful, dynamic, and moving poetry of his generation.
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Jacques Roumain's writings continue to influence and shape Haitian culture and the pan-African world of today.