| LC control no. | n 84056306 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PQ3949.A34 |
| Personal name heading | Alexis, Jacques Stéphen, 1922-1961 |
| Variant(s) | Alexis, Jacques Stephen, 1922- Soleil, Jacques, 1922-1961 |
| Associated country | Haiti |
| Birth date | 1922-04-22 |
| Death date | 1961-04-22 |
| Place of birth | Gonaïves (Haiti) |
| Place of death | Môle Saint-Nicolas (Haiti) |
| Affiliation | Parti d'entente populaire (Haiti) Saint-Louis de Gonzague Institute |
| Profession or occupation | Novelists Poets Political activists |
| Found in | Séonnet, M. Jacques Stéphen Alexis, ou ... c1983: title page (Jacques Stéphen Alexis) cover page 4 (also known as Jacques Soleil; d. 1961) LC data base, 4-11-84 (hdg.: Alexis, Jacques Stephen, 1922- ) Wikipedia, Jan. 20, 2015 (Jacques Stephen Alexis (Gonaïves, Haiti, Apr. 22, 1922 - Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Haiti, c. 22 Apr. 1961) was a Haitian Communist novelist; an active participant in the social and political debates of his time; in 1959, he formed the People's Consensus Party (PEP), a left-wing political party, but he was forced into exile by the Duvalier dictatorship) Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed June 14, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Alexis, Jacques Stéphen; fiction writer; born 22 April 1922 in Gonaïves, Haiti; studied at the Saint-Louis de Gonzague Institute; studied medicine in both Port-au-Prince and Paris, France; participated in the Haiti revolt (1946); settled in Cuba; returned to the northwest part of the island (1961); was arrested; first two novels, "Compère Général Soleil" (1955) and "Les Arbresmusiciens" (1957) covered the tumultuous period from 1934 to 1942 in Haiti; was widely translated throughout the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the 1960s; third novel was "L'Espace d'un cillement" (1959); last published work, collection of short stories "Romancero aux Etoiles" (1960); two unpublished manuscripts were found after his death: "L'Eglantine" and "Dans le blanc des yeux"; died 1961 presumably in Haiti) |
| Associated language | fre |
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