Roger Dorsinville (March 11, 1911 - January 12, 1992) was a Haitian poet, journalist, novelist, politician, and diplomat. Born in Port-au-Prince, Dorsinville attended military school before serving as the Minister of Public Health and ambassador to Venezuela. Some of his most notable works are Barrières (1946), Pour Célébrer la Terre (1954), Le Grand Devoir (1962), and Toussaint Louverture (1965).

Selected works

Novels

Kimby, ou, La loi de Niang, 1973

L'Afrique des rois, 1975

Un Homme en trois morceaux, 1975

Mourir pour Haïti, ou, Les croisés d'Esther, 1980

Renaître à Dendé, 1980. De Fatras Bâton à Toussaint Louverture, 1983 Marche arrière (Mémoires), 1986 Accords perdus, 1987 Ils ont tué le vieux blanc, 1988 Une Haïtienne à New York, 1991 Les Vèvès du Créateur, 1989 Rites de passage (complete works, 11 volumes), 1990 Marche arrière II (Mémoires), 1991

Roger Dorsinville

References

External links

Emerging from the Shadow of the Father: Memoirs of Haiti

Roger Dorsinville Biography (in French)

Roger Dorsinville

1911 births

1992 deaths

Haitian male novelists

Haitian male poets

People from Port-au-Prince

Ambassadors of Haiti to Venezuela

Government ministers of Haiti

20th-century Haitian novelists

20th-century Haitian poets

20th-century male writers

Roger Dorsinville