| LC control no. | nr 95020526 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PQ3949.D9 |
| Personal name heading | Durand, Oswald, 1840-1906 |
| Variant(s) | Durand, Alexis Oswald, 1840-1906 Durand, Oswald, 1840- Durand, Charles Alexis Oswald, 1840-1906 |
| Associated country | Haiti |
| Birth date | 1840-09-17 |
| Death date | 1906-09-17 |
| Place of birth | Cap-Haïtien, Haiti |
| Place of death | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Field of activity | Politics Poetry Journalism |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians Authors, Black |
| Found in | His Poésies choisies, 1964: t.p. (Oswald Durand) p. 9, etc. (b. 17 Sept. 1840 in Cap-Haïtien, Alexis Oswald Durand; poet, d. 1906 in Port-au-Prince) LC database, May 18, 2005: (hdg.: Durand, Oswald, 1840- ) Dict. des litt. de langue fran., c1994: (Durand, Charles Alexis Oswald; Oswald Durand; b. 1840; d. 1906; Hatian poet) Wikipedia, Sept. 13, 2017 (Oswald Durand (Sept 17, 1840 - April 22, 1906) was a Haitian poet, journalist and politician, said to be "to Haiti what Shakespeare is to England and Dante to Italy"; among his most famous works are Choucoune, a lyrical poem praising the beauty of a Haitian woman, and Chant National, a lyrical historic poem which became as popular as the presidential hymn) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Durand> |
| Associated language | fre |
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