| LC control no. | n 91076701 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3569.A379 |
| Personal name heading | Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994 |
| Variant(s) | Saint, Assoto, 1957-1994 Lubin, Yves François, 1957-1994 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 19571002 |
| Death date | 19940629 |
| Place of birth | Port-au-Prince (Haiti) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Performing arts Poetry |
| Affiliation | Galiens Press Metamorphosis Theater |
| Profession or occupation | Authors, Black Gay activists |
| Found in | The Road before us, 1991: CIP t.p. (Assoto Saint) pub. info. sheet (b. 1957; 1990 recipient of the James Baldwin Award from the Black Gay & Lesbian Leadership Forum) Here to dare, 1992: t.p. (Assotto Saint) Wishing for wings, 1994: CIP t.p. (Assotto Saint) pub. info (d. 6/29/94) Spells of a voodoo doll, 1996: t.p. (Assotto Saint) back cover (aka Yves François Lubin) Assotto Saint papers, 1981-1993: (Assotto died of HIV-related diseases in 1994) Jana Evans Braziel. Artists, performers, and black masculinity in the Haitian diaspora, 2008: p. 85 (Assotto Saint's Drag Queen Blues: Assotto Saint (October 2, 1957 - June 29, 1994)) Facts on File Website, July 15, 2014: African-American History Online (Saint, Assotto (also known as, Yves-François Lubin; b. 1957, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti), writer, performer, poet, playwright, gay activist, moved to New York City in 1970; founder and artistic director of Metamorphosis Theater; edited two anthologies of black gay poets in the early 1990s; founded a publishing house, Galiens Press; succumbing to AIDS-related complications, Lubin died on June 29, 1994, in New York City) <http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/LowerFrame.asp?ItemID=WE01&iPin=EAFL325&SingleRecord=True> |
| Associated language | eng |
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